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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Berlin denies report on imminent sale of three submarines to Pakistan

The German government on Friday denied a television report about the imminent sale of three conventional U-214 submarines to crisis-hit Pakistan.

Talking to the press in Berlin, German Economic Ministry spokesman Steffen Moritz stressed no government permit had yet been issued to the HDW dockyard, based in the north German city of Kiel, to build the submarines.

There has been "no new development" in the case, said Moritz.

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