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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Berlin - Raghida Bahnam

Germany... a 'Turning Point' towards the Gulf

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan during his meeting with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in 2019. (Saudi Foreign Ministry)

The Ukrainian war awakened Germany from its long slumber. After the end of World War II, the country began to reduce its army to its lowest capabilities.

The war has also shaken the European country, which had been taking a long break, following the rupture between its eastern and western territories during World War II, and its rapprochement with Russia, when former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev helped it to regain unity.

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