Pakistan has halted a $1.5 billion arms agreement with Sudan after Saudi Arabia withdrew financing and asked Islamabad to terminate the deal.

The agreement, which included fighter jets and weapons systems, had reached advanced stages earlier this year and was part of Pakistan’s broader push to expand defence exports into African markets.

Two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said Riyadh’s decision effectively stalled the transaction.“Saudi Arabia has signalled that Pakistan should terminate the deal after it dropped the idea of financing it,” one of the security sources told Reuters.#WhatNextForUSIranConflict #StrategyBTCPurchase $XRP $BTC