Russia to Launch Saudi Satellites

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C449078D-50D1-429B-8718-0F08C5855D10.htm


Russia to launch Saudi satellites


Russia will launch six Saudi-made information satellites for Saudi Arabia this year, officials from the two countries have said.



Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, announced the plans at a meeting with Saudi businessmen in Riyadh on Monday during a visit aimed at improving trade between the world's top two oil producers.


A senior official from King Abdulaziz Science and Technology City, a technology park in Riyadh, said the satellites would be launched in the first half of this year.



He said: "Five would be for telecommunications and data transfer and the sixth will be for remote sensing."


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Putin said he saw a possibility for co-operation with the kingdom on atomic energy, after six Gulf Arab countries agreed in December to launch a peaceful nuclear energy programme, in what was seen as a reaction to Iran's nuclear ambitions.



Putin said: "However, Russia hopes to see peace and stability in the region.

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[angstlessk]

1. So, in response to Iran's desire to get a ' nuclear bomb' Saudi's

want to acquire a peaceful nuclear energy program...?? HUH?