(MENAFN) Germany is considering a stoppage on weapons to Saudi Arabia, over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
On Saturday, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told German public broadcaster ARD that Saudi Arabia might be punished over its acceptance of the death of Khashoggi.
"As long as these investigations continue, as long as we don't know what happened there, there's no basis for reaching positive decisions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia."
Earlier, Maas and Chancellor Angela Merkel released a combined statement asking Saudi Arabia to hold to account those accountable for the Washington Post columnist's death.
Saudi Arabia is one of the main customers of German weapons, amounting to approximately half a billion dollars.
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