The European Union cannot impose an embargo on arms supplies to Middle Eastern countries, EU Foreign Service spokesman Peter Stano said at a press conference in Brussels. According to him, as quoted by TASS, this issue is within the competence of national authorities of the states.
Stano added that the embargo could be introduced either by decision of the UN Security Council or as a result of a unanimous decision by all EU countries.
Earlier it became known that the German government approved a large-scale arms export to Turkey. We are talking about sending 100 surface-to-air missiles, torpedoes, as well as equipment for the modernization of submarines and frigates. The specific financial volume of the deal is not named, but the price of short-range missile systems of the RAM type reaches about €100 million, and torpedoes – €156 million, equipment for submarines and ships – €79 million and €1.9 million, respectively.
Earlier, former German President Joachim Gauck proposed providing further military aid to Ukraine in the form of Taurus cruise missiles. He agreed with the assertion that it is possible to strike military targets in Russia.