Again .... Greece urges Germany to stop military exports to Turkey

In an article for the German newspaper Die Welt, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias urged Germany to stop selling submarines to Turkey and said, "This step will upset the current balance of power and enable Ankara to destabilize the eastern Mediterranean, according to the Greek site greekreporter."

He added, "If Germany submits the German 214 class submarines to Ankara, the latter will once again have an advantage against Greece, as Turkey has requested six submarines of this type."

In October, Berlin rejected Greece’s calls to impose an arms embargo on Turkey, with the German Foreign Ministry saying that the federal government was pursuing a "restrictive and responsible policy of arms exports."

Added that the licenses to export arms to Turkey are "very low" and are granted "after careful consideration, and from the perspective of foreign policy and security standards."

However, a classified document revealed by the German news agency (DPA) in June, stated that Turkey is the primary beneficiary of German arms exports for the second year in a row.

According to the document, Turkey received 344.6 million euros in arms last year from Germany, which represents more than a third of Germany's total arms exports.

After the aggressive attack of Turkey and its mercenaries on the city of Serekaniye and Tal-Abyad in October 2019, the German federal government imposed a partial ban on arms exports to Turkey, however, this applies only to weapons that can be used in the Syrian war.

According to the document, the weapons that were delivered last year were exclusively for "marine" purposes.

Die Welt noted that although Berlin is openly critical of Turkey's actions in regional conflicts including Syria or Libya, it continues to export large quantities of weapons to Ankara.

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ANHA