Germany signals it may lift veto on Eurofighter sale to Saudi Arabia
Publicat:German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government signaled it’s prepared to reverse course and back the sale of additional Eurofighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia, though it said it might take several years for them to be delivered, according to Bloomberg. Scholz said as recently as July that his ruling coalition wouldn’t support exports of the aircraft to […] The post Germany signals it may lift veto on Eurofighter sale to Saudi Arabia appeared first on Știri online, ultimele știri, presa online, ziar online - Sursazilei.ro .
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