Germany may authorise further deliveries of Eurofighter fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Sunday, Reuters reports.
Following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, Germany stopped supplying arms to Saudi Arabia.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has resisted pressure to unblock the delivery of Eurofighter fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The Green Party, his coalition partner, strongly opposed the move, citing human rights concerns and Saudi Arabia’s role in the war in Yemen. Baerbock, a Green politician, told reporters on her trip to Israel:
We do not see the German government opposing British considerations for more Eurofighters for Saudi Arabia.
The Eurofighter project is a joint British, German, Italian and Spanish effort. She added, referring to the date Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel:
The world, especially here in the Middle East, has become a completely different place since Oct. 7.
