Yesterday
Saudi Arabia launched the military exercise called Northern Thunder. Most of us,
in the West, did not notice it. As we did not realise that military contingents
from around twenty states are participating in this major deployment. Among
them, there are several African States – Chad, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal,
Sudan, Tunisia are some of them – as well as Asian countries, including
Pakistan and Malaysia. Many of these soldiers had to be brought to Saudi Arabia
at a very high cost. It is not cheap to deploy troops. I am sure Saudi Arabia
has contributed quite a bit to make the voyages possible.
Beyond
the military training, I see a strong political message. And I think it is
important to keep that in mind.
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