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Sat, 10/23/2010 - 12:39
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US-Saudi arms deal not helpful in solving Iran stalemate: German MP

Berlin, Oct 23, IRNA -- A leading German legislator of opposition Greens here Friday lambasted US-Saudi arms deal, saying it would destabilize Middle East and would not be helpful in resolving ongoing stalemate over Iran's nuclear program.

Addressing a one-day international conference on the future of NATO at the German parliament, the Iranian-born MP Omid Nouripour said that the mega-conventional arms deal between the US and Saudi Arabia was the 'last thing the region needed.'

The is not the solution for Iran's nuclear program, added the 35-year-old Nouripour who is the security policy spokesman of the Green faction.

Critics of the massive American weapon sales to Saudi Arabia have argued this could spur a new round of arms race in the volatile Middle East region./end

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