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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Germany sells tanks to Qatar, delays on subs to Pakistan

U 214 ClassGermany is to sell main battle tanks to Qatar, ending a long ban on selling the heavy weapons to Arabian peninsula nations, the news magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.

But a sale of stealth submarines to Pakistan was on hold till after Germany’s general election in September, the magazine reported, without citing sources.

Under German law, the manufacturers must obtain clearances from Chancellor Angela’s Merkel’s national security council for the sales. The council, an inner cabinet of ministers with security portfolios, issues clearances before contracts are signed.

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