Russia warns Saudi against giving Syria rebels missiles

[Edevelop]

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday warned Saudi Arabia against supplying Syrian rebels with shoulder-launched missile launchers, saying such a move would endanger security across the Middle East and beyond.


The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” by news reports that Saudi Arabia was planning to buy Pakistani-made shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles and anti-tank systems for armed Syrian rebels based in Jordan.

It said that the aim was to alter the balance of power in a planned spring offensive by rebels on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

“If this sensitive weapon falls into the hands of extremists and terrorists who have flooded Syria, there is a great probability that in the end it will be used far from the borders of this Middle Eastern country,” the foreign ministry said.

Long-existing tensions between Russia and Saudi Arabia have intensified further as a result of the Syria conflict, with Moscow standing by Assad but Riyadh offering open support for the rebels.

Russia is widely seen as Assad's last remaining major ally in a conflict that has left an estimated 140,000 people dead since it began as a peaceful uprising in March 2011.


Russia warns Saudi against giving Syria rebels missiles - DAWN.COM

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

 

[Edevelop]

Man i hate this. Now we have been dragged in to this conflict by Saudi Arabia and Russia.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Man i hate this. Now we have been dragged in to this conflict by Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Not true. Pakistan has nothing to do with these baseless report.

You might want to check Pakistan's government to these reports.

 

[Yaduveer]

So what can Russia do to Saudi Arabia ?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

So what can Russia do to Saudi Arabia ?

Another political tough stance on Assad's fate.

 

[Yaduveer]

Another political tough stance on Assad's fate.

other than taking stances , taking positions and passing statements , Can Russia harm Saudi in any way ?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

other than taking stances , taking positions and passing statements , Can Russia harm Saudi in any way ?

Russia never had had a record in history of harming countries' taking the other way around against her interest.

What do you think?

 

[Jaanbaz]

other than taking stances , taking positions and passing statements , Can Russia harm Saudi in any way ?

Well if Saudis start financing terrorist in Chechnya then be ready for Russia to start arming Shia tribes in oil rich Saudi regions.

 

[Yaduveer]

Russia never had had a record in history of harming countries' taking the other way around against her interest.

What do you think?

Yeah what Russia has done with Georgia or currently doing with Ukraine ?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Yeah what Russia has done with Georgia or currently doing with Ukraine ?

These two states used to be a part of their country. They look at them as pawns.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Why not design missiles with GPS locking.
If used outside the intended area, it will be a dud.

 

[Infoman]

Russia will turn the Arabian desert to glass if the Saudis threaten their interests.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Why not design missiles with GPS locking.
If used outside the intended area, it will be a dud.

That's a great idea!

Russia will turn the Arabian desert to glass if the Saudis threaten their interests.

Yes, that wishful thinking of yours is similar to the actual treatment you've been given in the 80s.

@Aeronaut @BATMAN @Imran Khan @Pakistanisage

 

[Infoman]

That's a great idea!



Yes, that wishful thinking of yours is similar to the actual treatment you've been given in the 80s.

@Aeronaut @BATMAN @Imran Khan @Pakistanisage

You insult people's mothers on this forum, yet when someone makes a comment you don't like you run to the mods. From now on I'm going to report all. Your personal insults since you want to play the cry baby game.