{"id":4539,"date":"2024-03-27T09:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T09:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2024-03-27T09:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T09:34:17","slug":"from-blind-reliance-to-contractual-convenience-the-recent-pakistani-saudi-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4539","title":{"rendered":"From Blind Reliance to Contractual Convenience: The Recent Pakistani-Saudi Rift"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Arhama Siddiqa<\/span><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> Institute of Strategic Studies<\/span><\/a> Islamabad<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> Aljazeera Centre for Studies<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>September 15, 2020\/Doha, Qatar<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Report<\/span><\/p>

Number of Pages:<\/b> 9<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/en\/reports\/blind-reliance-contractual-convenience-recent-pakistani-saudi-rift<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/b>Contractual Convenience, Economic partnerships, Disagreements.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Though Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have cultivated close relations in the past decades, several events have poisoned the waters. Saudi Arabia antagonizes countries that don’t follow its strategic patterns; recently, it pressured Pakistan to pull out of the Kuala Lumpur summit (because it was co-hosted by Turkey and Iran), treating the summit as an affront to the OIC. The comments by Pakistan\u2019s foreign minister regarding the OIC\u2019s inaction towards Kashmir caused the Saudis to demand a return of part of their 2018 loans to Pakistan.\u00a0 In addition, Saudi Arabia has provoked Pakistan\u2019s ire with its recent closeness to India. Both countries are drifting apart from Pakistan, looking into new partnerships, while the Saudis are more occupied with their regional goals and rivals. Yet both countries can\u2019t break away, as Pakistan depends on remittances for its foreign reserves (30% of its total remittances come from workers in the Kingdom), 25% of its oil comes from Saudi Arabia, and there is a history of financial aid given by the Saudis in times of need. On the other hand, Pakistan is too important in Saudi Arabia\u2019s rivalry with Iran as it offers nuclear expertise and deterrence, security advisors as part of a 1982 defense pact, and any severe break in relations would cost Saudi Arabia much of its ideological reach outside of the Arab world. Additionally, Pakistani cost-effective labor in the Kingdom could help it in moving away from oil dependency. A breakaway is not possible, but a decrease in ties is occurring. However, Saudi threats after every disagreement will increase the gap and will push Pakistan to other actors who are more cordial partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Author: Arhama Siddiqa Affiliation: Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad Organization\/Publisher: Aljazeera Centre for Studies Date\/Place: September 15, 2020\/Doha, Qatar Type of Literature: Report Number of Pages: 9 Link:https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/en\/reports\/blind-reliance-contractual-convenience-recent-pakistani-saudi-rift Keywords: Contractual Convenience, Economic partnerships, Disagreements.\u00a0 Brief:\u00a0 Though Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have cultivated close relations in the past decades, several events have poisoned the waters. 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