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المملكة العربية السعودية تتصدر تجارة الأسلحة الألمانية في 2012
دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي ضاعفت مشترياتها من العتاد الالماني في 2012 بأجمالي مشتريات بقيمة 1.42 مليار يورو
وفي 2011 كان الرقم عند 570 مليون يورو
المشتريات السعودية العسكرية من المانيا في 2012 بلغت 1.24 مليار يورو
وهو 9 أضعاف ماكانت عليه في 2011
التفاصيل والمصدر
Saudi Arabia tops German arms trade list
German weapons exports to Persian Gulf states more than doubled between 2011 and 2012, with Saudi Arabia by far the biggest buyer, according to information dug up by a left-wing MP published in Friday's Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
The states of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which form the Gulf cooperation council, spent between them €1.42 billion on German arms in 2012.
This was a huge increase from the 2011 figure of €570 million. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to a written parliamentary question submitted by the socialist Left party, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
The biggest arms customer of the region was Saudi Arabia which spent €1.24 billion in 2012 alone - nine times the amount it spent on German weapons the year before.
German business with Saudi Arabia is highly contentious because of the kingdom's poor domestic human rights record and its intervention in neighbouring Bahrain two years ago to help the government there put down protests.
"The Gulf states continue to arm themselves, and the government has absolutely no compunction about arming them to the teeth," said Jan van Aken, an MP from The Left party.
He said the fact that Saudi Arabia was by far the leading customer for the German arms export industry clearly showed "that the most grave human rights abuses are obviously no longer any reason to refuse exports."
Saudi Arabia tops German arms trade list - The Local
دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي ضاعفت مشترياتها من العتاد الالماني في 2012 بأجمالي مشتريات بقيمة 1.42 مليار يورو
وفي 2011 كان الرقم عند 570 مليون يورو
المشتريات السعودية العسكرية من المانيا في 2012 بلغت 1.24 مليار يورو
وهو 9 أضعاف ماكانت عليه في 2011
التفاصيل والمصدر
Saudi Arabia tops German arms trade list
German weapons exports to Persian Gulf states more than doubled between 2011 and 2012, with Saudi Arabia by far the biggest buyer, according to information dug up by a left-wing MP published in Friday's Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
The states of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which form the Gulf cooperation council, spent between them €1.42 billion on German arms in 2012.
This was a huge increase from the 2011 figure of €570 million. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to a written parliamentary question submitted by the socialist Left party, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
The biggest arms customer of the region was Saudi Arabia which spent €1.24 billion in 2012 alone - nine times the amount it spent on German weapons the year before.
German business with Saudi Arabia is highly contentious because of the kingdom's poor domestic human rights record and its intervention in neighbouring Bahrain two years ago to help the government there put down protests.
"The Gulf states continue to arm themselves, and the government has absolutely no compunction about arming them to the teeth," said Jan van Aken, an MP from The Left party.
He said the fact that Saudi Arabia was by far the leading customer for the German arms export industry clearly showed "that the most grave human rights abuses are obviously no longer any reason to refuse exports."
Saudi Arabia tops German arms trade list - The Local
