German Economy Minister and head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel addresses a ceremony, held by the SPD, to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, at the French cathedral in Berlin, April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to block two deals to sell arms to the Middle East worth billions of euros, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing government and industry sources.
The deals concerned are a delivery of "Fennek" armoured reconnaissance vehicles, made by Munich-based Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, to Qatar, and target acquisition devices that Airbus subsidiary Optronics planned to send to Saudi Arabia, the business daily said in an advance copy of an article due to be published on Wednesday.
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