Pakistan Says It Will Respond To Any Threat To Saudi Arabia
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Source: Associated Press
By ASIF SHAHZAD
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Any threat to Saudi Arabia's territorial integrity will evoke a strong response from Islamabad, Pakistani army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif said Sunday.
Sharif made the remarks in a statement after Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman met with him in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the capital.
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The people of Pakistan would always stand with the people of Saudi Arabia, said Sharif in a statement after the meeting. Pakistan has previously agreed to become part of a Saudi-led counter-terrorism alliance. Sharif welcomed the initiative and informed the prince about Pakistan's support for efforts to oppose terrorism and extremism. It was agreed that the two countries would cooperate in developing an effective counter narrative to defeat the extremist mindset, said the statement. It said Pakistan also expressed its readiness to offer its offices to brotherly Muslim countries for resolution of their differences through peaceful dialogue and reconciliation.
Pakistan hold its defense ties with Saudi Arabia in highest esteem, said Sharif, the army chief. He said Pakistan attached great importance to the security of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-respond-saudis-territorial-integrity-threat-36195850
Reter
(2,188 posts)n/t
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)this was sadly respectable.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)addition show of Sunni Pakistan support against Shia Iran even more alarming than the usual threatened escalation of war. Religious war. Aren't Pakistanis troops already in Yemen?
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)new influence in the region, the 'west' must think carefully before launching any new crusades.
This is everything I had hope for when it comes to the resurgent Russia.,
loudsue
(14,087 posts)they get there. Saudi Arabia is sucking the blood out of the United States since they launched fox news and backed Rupert Murdock financially in the early 90's. They've been out to destroy us from the inside. 9/11 was just one of their methods, made possible through highly placed American plutocrats/militarists behind the Project for a New American Century working paper.
They are given a pass on every count in the USA.
red dog 1
(27,647 posts)Saudi Arabia just had to execute those prisoners last week, including the Iranian cleric. just when Putin was sounding like he's softened his stand on joining the West in bombing ISIS targets, (instead of continuing to bomb anti-Assad forces), and just when Iran seemed to be softening it's stand on supporting Assad as well.
But now, thanks to the Saudis' execution of the Iranian cleric, "All bets are off"
Thanks Prince Shithead!
I found this Turkish news site just now:..It has some info & opinions on the Iran-Saudi "rift"
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-rights-and-wrongs-of-the-saudi-iran-rift.aspx
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 11, 2016, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg/280Posted by leveymg in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Mon Jul 09th 2007, 10:21 AM
Lost in all the hullabaloo over Dubya's commutation of the jail sentence handed former White House aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby was this little gem of a news item from Pakistan: . . .
daleo
(21,317 posts)In many ways, you couldn't blame them. Having Saudi Arabia and Pakistan threaten them, must be a major concern.
mahina
(17,505 posts)One of an infinite number of opportunities for the next president of the US to make the world a more dangerous place with one misstep.
Please vote D.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)is a Tet within their own border. Then they would have to figure out how they go about bombing themselves.
and for the West to stay completely out of it.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)came from.
I'm sure they are really serious about terror.
I think Iraq and Iran are really more our allies in the fight against Isis.
US should make more common cause with the Shiite countries.
Of course Israel would never have it.