In London, Britain's foreign ministry confirmed a letter from Hunt to Maasbut did not give details because it was "private". Citing the letter, Spiegel reported that London had urged Berlin to exemptmajor European defence projects like Eurofighter or Tornados jets from theweapons embargo. Hunt had warned in his letter that Riyadh is already seeking compensationfrom Britain's BAE Systems over the German ban, Spiegel said. Germany's decision to freeze arms exports has also met with opposition from other European powers, including France, where President Emmanuel Macron had labelled it "pure demagoguery". SEE ALSO: No German arms to Saudi until Khashoggi case is clarified: Merkel

Source: The Local February 20, 2019 17:15 UTC