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Saudi Arabia may buy Pak nukes
ANI [ MONDAY, AUGUST 05, 2002 6:06:19 AM ]
NEW YORK:
Reports that senior Saudi officials have discussed the prospect of nuclear weapons cooperation with Pakistan have been corroborated by US officials, according to Washington- based World Tribune.Com.
This is based on a report published in the State Department's strategic journal US Foreign Policy Agenda which cited Saudi interest and stressed that the kingdom does not have nuclear arms.
The journal was published on the department's web site and focused on the topic Weapons of Mass Destruction:
The New Strategic Framework.
"Saudi Arabia does not have weapons of mass destruction," the report, authored by former Pentagon official Anthony Cordesman, said.
"It did, however, buy long-range CSS-2 ballistic missiles from China.
Very senior Saudi officials have held conversations with officials involved in the Pakistani nuclear programme, and possibly with similar officials in other countries."
Saudi leaders, it is said, have also discussed the procurement of new Pakistani intermediate-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and officials were invited to tour Pakistan's nuclear weapons facilities.
But no sale has been arranged.
The report by Cordesman, a senior fellow of the Washingtonbased Centre for Strategic and International Studies, also supports assertions that Egypt has been developing an intermediate-range missile based on North Korea's No-Dong.
Congress has been told that Egypt obtained 24 No-Dong missiles over the last year.
It also possesses Scud missiles and is seeking to create extended-range Scud missiles similar to North Korean designs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_Id=18087322
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