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Pakistan Places $1.5 Billion Sudan Weapons Sale on Hold After Saudi Objection, Sources Say
Saudi Arabia withdrew financing, leaving Pakistan’s planned weapons and jets sale to Sudan on hold, a security source said.
- Pakistan put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia requested its termination and withdrew financing support, according to security sources.
- Saudi Arabia signalled on Monday that Pakistan should terminate the deal after withdrawing financing support, following a March meeting between Sudanese leaders and Saudi authorities in Riyadh.
- According to a second security source, the Saudis are "revisiting their strategy" in both Sudan and the Libyan National Army deal worth $4 billion, as Western countries have advised Riyadh to avoid proxy wars in Africa.
- The conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has become a flashpoint for competing foreign interests, with Saudi Arabia backing the army while the United Arab Emirates has supported the RSF.
- Saudi Arabia remains a key ally of Pakistan, providing loans and financing as their defense ties deepened last year with a mutual defense pact treating aggression against either country as an attack on both.
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Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection: Report
Pakistan's significant weapons and jets deal with Sudan is now on hold. Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to cancel the agreement. Riyadh has also stated it will not provide financing for the purchase. This development comes amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan and competing foreign interests in the region.
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Business RecorderPakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say
ISLAMABAD, April 20 - Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
EXCLUSIVE-Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say
Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said. The conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has stoked the world's worst humanitarian crisis for around three years, turning into a flashpoint for competing foreign in…
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