Berlin yet to receive firm`s request to sell arms to UAE, S Arabia
IRNA
Berlin, Oct 8, IRNA -- The German government said Wednesday it has
not received any formal petition for an arms export permit after the
press reported on final talks between German defense firm Rheinmetall
and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell anti-ABC
weapons reconaissance tanks and anti-aircraft systems.
"As you know the negotiations are still going on and we have not
received a formal request for an export permit," German deputy
government spokesman Hans-Hermann Langguth said during a news
conference.
He added that the German national security council would have to
make final decision whether it is going to issue a permit for the
controversial arms exports.
The German government is in general prohibited from selling arms to
regions in conflict or where there is a high degree of political
tensions.
German military industrial circles were quoted as saying earlier
that the potential deal is worth a "three-digit million" amount.
An unnamed Rheinmetall spokesman pointed to "advanced negotiations"
while refusing to give details on the imminent arms deal.
The popular Fuchs reconaissance tank is equipped to detect
chemical, nuclear and biological weapons.
Furthermore the German firm is also negotiating a deal with the
Arab side whereby German anti-aircraft systems would be delivered to
both Persian Gulf countries over the next three to five years, the
economic website Boerse Online said.
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