The Federal government has approved, in its first year in office, arms deliveries to a value of around 400 million euros to Saudi Arabia led Yemen-war Alliance. In spite of a of the Union and the SPD in the coalition agreement agreed part of the export stops have been in the first twelve months after the swearing-in of the Cabinet on the 14. March 2018, a total of 208 individual licences for the eight participating countries. This is from a response to a request from the Greens-Bundestag Omid Nouripour.
Saudi Arabia had formed the Alliance in 2015, to support the Yemeni government in its fight against the Iranian-sponsored Shiite Houthi rebels. The war has triggered in the country on the Arabian Peninsula, a huge humanitarian crisis.
The SPD urge against this Background, in the coalition negotiations on an export stop to the war participating countries. The Union agreed only in a much weaker formulation. Arms deliveries to “directly” participating countries were prohibited, and pre-approved shops except.
As the most involved Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after the information of the saudi-affiliated TV channel “Al-Arabiya” about 100 fighter jets. The UAE has stationed mainly in the South of Yemen to the port city of Aden soldiers.
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for these two countries permits issued in the first regnal year, three-quarters of the total volume of 398 million euros for the war Alliance together. Alone for Saudi Arabia ten permits with a value of 255 million euros have been granted – however, all prior to November 2018. Since the complete ban on Exports due to the killing of the Saudi government critic Jamal Khashoggi, the coalition is fighting currently. For the UAE, with 68 permits at a value of 57 million euros have been granted.
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Also for other members of the war Alliance deliveries were approved in millions of amount to Kuwait (65 permits with the total value of 47.7 million euros), Bahrain (9/16,2 million euros), Egypt (35/11,8 million euros), Jordan (19/11,3 million Euro). Even for Senegal, two exports were approved with a value of around EUR 55 000, only for the Yemen itself, there was no export permits. Morocco left the war coalition in February.
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The Green-armor expert Katja Keul criticized the continuation of arms exports to the countries of the Yemen-Alliance of sharp and called for a “final stop” for the entire war coalition. “The Federal government must finally stand to their responsibility and arms exports to areas of crisis put a stop to that,” she said. (dpa)
