During her trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the German chancellor is to have talks about larger economic cooperation. The Saudi Arabia visit comes as July’s G20 summit in Hamburg looms large. Saudi Arabia is constantly criticized internationally for violations of civil and human rights. On April 4, 2015, Saudi Arabian airmen dropped G3 rifles over Aden, Yemen, to arm anti-Huthi militias. Germany reported a slight increase of 0.3 percent to 14.5 billion euros in 2016.

Source: Daily News Egypt April 29, 2017 01:02 UTC