German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday her country is not ready to export arms to Saudi Arabia until the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is properly investigated.
ISTANBUL (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday her country is not ready to export arms to Saudi Arabia until the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is properly investigated.
Speaking in Prague through a translator after meeting her Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, Merkel said it’s necessary to clarify the background of the crime that took place in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
She said Germany has made it clear that until then, “we won’t deliver any arms to Saudi Arabia.”
Merkel also again said that Saudi Arabia has to ensure access for humanitarian aid to get into Yemen, which has been ravaged by a 3½-year war between the Saudi-led alliance and Shite rebels.
