🔻 Pakistan announces the deployment of a significant number of its forces in Saudi Arabia

A spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that the country has deployed a “significant” number of its forces with a defensive mission in Saudi Arabia.

According to Agence France-Presse Sajjid Haider Khan, the spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters: “We currently have a significant number of our forces, as well as our equipment, deployed in Riyadh.”

He added that Pakistani military personnel in Saudi Arabia “will not cross borders to attack the Houthis, but [will] only act in defense of [Saudi Arabia’s] territory.”