Germany News: Merz Starts Gulf Trip with Saudi Arabia Visit

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Federal Chancellor Merz wants to secure Germany's position in the world with closer relations with states in the Gulf region. Such partnerships are more necessary than ever at a time when increasingly great powers were defining politics, Merz said at the start of his journey to the Arabian Peninsula.

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The chancellor's new course after the Trump shock becomes tangible: Saudi Arabia's crown prince Bin Salman becomes a strategic partner – and can hope for weapons.

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Friedrich Merz (70, CDU) was driven by escort to the Yamama Palace through the luxurious shopping streets of the metropolis of Riyadh.

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Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy in which Sharia applies – and yet an important partner for the West in the Middle East. Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to deepen relations. The murder of a journalist is no longer an issue for this.

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Germany is urgently looking for new trading partners. In Saudi Arabia, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz is promoting the favour of the Crown Prince. He looks generously beyond Mohammed bin Salman's dark side.

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He was once outlawed by the West for a murder case. Now the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is being courted again. Chancellor Merz also launches a charm offensive on his visit to Riyadh.