German minister to visit Israel to discuss sale of submarines
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, May 29, IRNA -- German Defense Minister Peter Struck will visit Israel next week to discuss the sale of submarines, the weekly Focus magazine said Saturday. Struck who is due to arrive in Israel on June 5, will reportedly make clear that the Zionist regime is not to receive the submarines free of charge. Berlin halted unexpectedly last November the delivery of two German-made `Dolphin` submarines to Israel, citing fears of a new arms race in the volatile Mideast region. The center-leftist German government coalition expressed also concerns after Israel modified three other German submarines with nuclear warheads. Germany built and delivered at no charge the three `Dolphin` submarines for Israel in 1999 and 2000. Although Berlin 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. OT/2323/2322/1432
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