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Berlin confirms cancellation of Sharon`s visit to Germany

IRNA

Berlin, Nov 28, IRNA -- The German government Friday confirmed foreign
press reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had cancelled 
his upcoming trip to Germany. 
"The Israeli government has informed us of the cancellation, 
citing domestic issues as the reason," German government spokesman 
Bela Anda told the press. 
He rejected "any links" between Sharon`s cancellation and 
Berlin`s decision to halt unexpectedly the delivery of two German 
`Dolphin` submarines to Israel. 
The German government had voiced strong concerns after Israel had 
modified three other German-made submarines with nuclear warheads. 
Germany built and delivered at no charge the three `Dolphin` 
submarines for Israel in 1999 and 2000. 
Although the German government is legally banned from exporting 
arms to crises regions, Germany has become one of Israel`s major arms 
supplier. 
German arms exports to Israel totalled some 900 million dollars 
between 1998 and 2001. 
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