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Big Gun in Manama

by BTM

Wed, 31 October 2018

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen was due to attend the Manama Dialogue 2018, which was taking place as we went to press. The minister, who has previously been tipped as a successor to German leader Angela Merkel, was expected to discuss her government’s decision to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.