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====Relations with Saudi Arabia====

====Relations with Saudi Arabia====

Pakistan and [[Saudi Arabia]] have a defense relationship stretching back decades, in part due to [[Islamabad]]'s willingness to defend the [[Islami]] holy sites of [[Mecca and Medina]] in the kingdom. Pakistani troops first traveled to Saudi Arabia in the late 1960s over concerns about [[Egypt]]'s [[war]] in [[Yemen]] at the time. Those ties increased after [[Iran]]'s [[1979 Islamic Revolution]] and the Saudi kingdom's fears of a confrontation with [[Tehran]].

Pakistan and [[Saudi Arabia]] have a defense relationship stretching back decades, in part due to [[Islamabad]]'s willingness to defend the [[Islamic]] holy sites of [[Mecca and Medina]] in the kingdom. Pakistani troops first traveled to Saudi Arabia in the late 1960s over concerns about [[Egypt]]'s [[war]] in [[Yemen]] at the time. Those ties increased after [[Iran]]'s [[1979 Islamic Revolution]] and the Saudi kingdom's fears of a confrontation with [[Tehran]].

Pakistan developed its [[nuclear weapon]]s program to counter [[India]]'s [[atomic bomb]]s. However, there long have been signals of the kingdom’s interest in the program. Retired Pakistani Brig. Gen. Feroz Hassan Khan, in his book on his country's nuclear weapons program called ''"Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb,"'' said Saudi Arabia provided "generous [[financial'' support" for its effort.<ref>https://archive.ph/AEcXB#selection-261.0-265.147</ref>

Pakistan developed its [[nuclear weapon]]s program to counter [[India]]'s [[atomic bomb]]s. However, there long have been signals of the kingdom’s interest in the program. Retired Pakistani Brig. Gen. Feroz Hassan Khan, in his book on his country's nuclear weapons program called ''"Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb,"'' said Saudi Arabia provided "generous [[financial'' support" for its effort.<ref>https://archive.ph/AEcXB#selection-261.0-265.147</ref>