Germany opposes sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, its foreign minister said on July 7, a day after U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with the weapons, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians. Human rights organizations oppose such a move, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Germany, as one of 111 states party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), did. as well. The United States is not a party to the convention. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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