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Saudi Arabia Pulls Support for Pakistan as Kashmir Tiff Widens
Nikkei Asian Review

10 August 2020

Pakistan last week repaid a $1 billion Saudi loan that was called in after Pakistan began insisting that Saudi Arabia allow it to marshal the Islamic world’s support on the Kashmir issue.  Dr James M. Dorsey, a Senior Fellow at RSIS, believes close economic ties between the Saudis and India are driving the kingdom’s change of heart toward Pakistan. “Saudi Arabia has significant investments in India, which is also a major buyer of oil from the kingdom. Consequently, Riyadh has been less forthcoming to extend support to Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir,” he said.

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