U.K. Government Trying To Keep Details Of Its Security Pact With Saudi Arabia Secret

Saudi Arabia is the largest importer of British weaponry. Reuters

The Independent: UK Government attempting to keep details of secret security pact with Saudi Arabia hidden from public

Exclusive: Theresa May agreed to ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef last year.

The British Government signed a secret security pact with Saudi Arabia and is now attempting to prevent details of the deal from being made public.

The Home Secretary Theresa May agreed to the so-called ‘memorandum of understanding’ with her Saudi counter-part Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef during a visit to the Kingdom last year.

The Home Office released no details of her trip at the time or announced that the deal had been signed. The only public acknowledgement was a year later in a Foreign Office report which obliquely referenced an agreement to “modernise the Ministry of the Interior”.

WNU Editor: I suspect that the details in this security agreement are on military sales, intelligence sharing, and military coordination and assistance coupled with the U.K. giving diplomatic support to the Saudis on issues like Iran, Syria, and how Riyadh suppresses its own internal dissent.