BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - The planned sale of MAN Energy Solutions' gas turbine business to the Chinese company CSIC Longjiang will be prohibited by the German government. This was confirmed by Economics Minister Robert Habeck in Berlin.

The Green politician generally said that investments in Germany and also in companies located in Germany were welcome. The restriction is that technologies that are relevant to public safety and order must be protected from information leakage. This also applies to technologies that are used in security-critical areas. He could not give any details. However, this was the reason why the German government issued the ban.

According to a Handelsblatt report, the background to this is that the designated buyer, CSIC Longjiang Guanghan Gas Turbine, has close ties to the Chinese arms industry and manufactures engines for Chinese destroyers itself./hoe/DP/jha