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Germany’s top diplomat on Saturday said that human rights criteria will be at the centre of her new government’s international arms sales, including to Egypt, a major importer of German weapons. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a bill being introduced this year will also impose restrictions in order to ensure that weapons will not be sold to crisis-hit areas except in exceptional circumstances, and with a justification. “The human rights situation already plays an important role here,” she said, adding that “this will also have an impact on countries that have so far been major recipien…