The secret agenda behind Pakistan’s defense minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE.
In a report, the Washington Studies Center discussed the military and defense cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the UAE with Pakistan and announced that the officials’ official statements may include the exchange of nuclear and missile technology.
The center published a report by Simon Henderson, a researcher on Persian Gulf affairs, in which it is stated that Asim Munir, the chief of the general staff of the Pakistani army, who was appointed to this position about six weeks ago, to talk with Khalid bin Salman. , the Saudi Defense Minister traveled to Riyadh and then went to Abu Dhabi to hold talks with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE and senior security officials of this country.
According to this author, Pakistan’s “Islamic Bomb” project, which has been financed by Saudi Arabia for a long time, was accompanied by the promise of supplying nuclear weapons and launch systems from this project to this country if needed.
He believes that this theory has been developed over many years and considering the diplomatic and military activities between the two countries, which started with the visit of the Saudi Defense Minister to the uranium enrichment plant in Pakistan in 1999, one year after Pakistan’s first nuclear weapons test. It has settled.
According to this author, since Iran; Rival Saudi Arabia, according to some reports, is close to at least the initial construction of a nuclear bomb, General Munir’s trip is more important.
The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is often described as that between “rich uncle and poor nephew”, as Islamabad seems to always seek financial support from Riyadh to support its growing economy.
