{"id":6199,"date":"2018-10-21T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/site\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2018-10-21T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T19:02:56","slug":"germany-will-not-send-weapons-to-saudi-arabia-while-khashoggi-questions-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/germany-will-not-send-weapons-to-saudi-arabia-while-khashoggi-questions-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany won&#8217;t send arms to Saudi Arabia under &#8216;current circumstances&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany will not export weapons to Saudi Arabia while questions remain about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is an urgent need to clarify what happened. We are far from this having been cleared up and those responsible held to account,&#8221; Merkel said, as quoted by the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as arms exports are concerned, those can&#8217;t take place in the current circumstances,&#8221; she said. Her comments came just hours after Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and other politicians from her party called for an end to arms exports to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia is Germany&#8217;s second-best arms customer, according to Deutsche Welle. The broadcaster reported earlier this week that Germany has approved more than \u20ac400 million ($461 million) in arms exports to the kingdom for this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia faces international pressure over the killing of Khashoggi, a prominent journalist who was critical of the royal family. 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