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JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence ministry has authorised Israeli companies to resume the export of military hardware to China after months of trade blocked under US pressure, an official said Thursday.
“Procedures for granting export permits is open again,” an official from the ministry told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The director of the ministry, Yaakov Toren, was quoted as saying in the Israeli press that some export permits were issued “in cooperation with the United States”.
“Companies will come and see us (at the defence ministry) and we will judge on a case by case basis with or without consultation with the United States,” Toren said.
“We are two independent countries which respect their relative interests,” the director said.
The ministry also intends to set up a special department responsible for supervising necessary authorisation for companies wishing to export weapons. afp
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