{"id":4156,"date":"2017-05-03T07:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T07:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4156-germany-s-merkel-tells-saudis-to-stop-war-on-yemen-as-arms-sales-go-on\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T07:17:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T07:17:22","slug":"germany-s-merkel-tells-saudis-to-stop-war-on-yemen-as-arms-sales-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4156-germany-s-merkel-tells-saudis-to-stop-war-on-yemen-as-arms-sales-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Merkel tells Saudis to stop war on Yemen as arms sales go on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Riyadh to halt its military aggression against Yemen, despite Berlin continuing its arms sales to the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Riyadh to halt its military aggression against Yemen, despite Berlin continuing its arms sales to the kingdom.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;We believe in the UN-led process of diplomatic resolution\u2026We do not think that there can be a military solution to this conflict,&#8221; said Merkel during a visit to the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Sunday.<\/h4>\n<h4>She added that measures must be taken to reverse the &#8220;extremely bad humanitarian situation&#8221; in Yemen.<\/h4>\n<h4>This as an agreement was signed for Saudi troops to receive training from German soldiers at unified armed forces facilities.<\/h4>\n<h4>A separate deal was also made for German federal police to instruct and train Saudi border police and other security forces. \u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Germany, one of the kingdom\u2019s largest arms suppliers, sold Saudi Arabia around half a billion euros worth of armaments in 2016. 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