Saudis Sign Military Cooperation Agreement With Russia

[Elderberry]

Radio Free Europe 8/24/2021

Saudi Arabia and Russia have signed a military cooperation agreement at an arms expo outside Moscow.

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman announced on Twitter on August 24 that he signed the agreement with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin “aimed at developing joint military cooperation between the two countries.”

Salman also met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his visit outside Moscow to the arms expo International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021.

The deputy defense minister said the meeting explored ways to "strengthen military and defense cooperation between our two countries."

There were no immediate details of the military agreement between Saudi Arabia, the world’s top arms importer, and Russia, the second largest weapons exporter after the United States.

The United States has traditionally been the top arms supplier to Saudi Arabia. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Saudi Arabia was the main recipient of U.S. arms transfers in 2016–20, accounting for 24 percent of U.S. arms exports.

More: https://www.rferl.org/a/saudi-russia-arms-weapons-/31425164.html

[Smokin Joe]

Coupled with OPEC telling Biden "No" when he requested they increase production, this is a statement of hostile intent, not that I have great love for the Saudis, but we have 5 military bases there.

[bilo]

Coupled with OPEC telling Biden "No" when he requested they increase production, this is a statement of hostile intent, not that I have great love for the Saudis, but we have 5 military bases there.

I can't fault the Saudi's. They see that an incompetent Biden is going to lead to a nuclear Iran and that they can't depend on the USA. Russia's biggest business, other than oil, is weapons sales. I think it's a safe bet that they will be looking to buy nuclear weapons in the near future.