German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on SaturdayGermany's coalition government has approved new arms export deals to Saudi Arabia, media reported on Thursday.Berlin had imposed a ban on weapons exports to Riyadh over its involvement in the war in Yemen, as well as accusations of murdering the dissident US-Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Robert Habeck, Germany's economy minister and vice chancellor, confirmed in a letter to the Bundestag that several deals on arms exports had been approved by Scholz before his trip to the region, Der Spiegel and the dpa news agency reported.But in 2018, Germany's ruling bloc of the conservative CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to ban arms exports to countries involved in the Yemen war.Berlin is also looking to improve its ties with energy exporters as it cuts its reliance on Russian gas during the war in Ukraine."