"unchanged problematic" situation

"For years, every single government coalition in Germany has stated that the country has particularly strict regulations for sales of weapons of war to foreign countries." "In 2008, the Economics Ministry approved the manufacture of German G36 rifles in Saudi Arabia, although the Foreign Ministry previously attested the country an "unchanged problematic" situation, including a record number of executions, the suppression of women and opposition forces, censorship and coerced confessions."