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Germany halts weapons sale to Saudi over Khashoggi case, indicates minister

I believe there is no basis for positive decisions on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, said Germany's foreign minister

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Tony Czuczka | Bloomberg
Germany signaled it’s suspending exports of military equipment to Saudi Arabia pending investigations into the death of government critic Jamal Khashoggi.

“As long as there’s a continuing investigation, as long as we don’t know what happened, I believe there is no basis for positive decisions on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview with broadcaster ARD.

His comments go beyond Chancellor Angela Merkel’s initial reaction to Saudi Arabia’s account that the journalist was killed during an altercation at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. The events “still haven’t been cleared up and of course we demand that