RIYADH – Days after a report surfaced which claimed Saudi Arabia wanted to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan, a defense official of the Kingdom dismissed it as mere “speculation “.
The “Sunday Times of London” had published a report which claimed that Saudi Arabia had taken the ‘strategic decision’ to acquire atomic weapons from Pakistan, citing unnamed American officials, in a bid to counter Iran after the recent nuclear deal it reached with the West.
A Saudi Defense Ministry official however said that such reports were not new. “The ministry does not comment on rumors and speculation,” the official added.
A US State Department official pointed out on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia was a signatory of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
“We have consulted throughout the recent negotiations with our allies and partners around the world, including Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries, and will continue to do so as we move into the final weeks and months of these talks,” the State Department official said Tuesday according to BBC.
Besides the concern from some Arab nations that the agreement may instead allow Iran create room to develop a working nuke, the deal has been met with fierce opposition from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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