The United States has approved the sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, despite previous doubts that a planned deployment of the missiles would go ahead.
"On the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Ankara, we agreed with the American government that American Tomahawk missiles will be purchased by us and stationed in Germany," Merz told MPs in a statement to parliament.
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