Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki met with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa at Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi on Thursday. (ISPR)
Business Reuters: Pakistan is sending troops to Saudi Arabia and it's unclear what their role is
* Pakistan is sending troops to ally Saudi Arabia on a "training and advise mission."
* There are already about 750-800 Pakistani servicemen in Saudi Arabia, but they are not combat troops.
* Pakistan decided against sending soldiers to join the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan is sending troops to ally Saudi Arabia on a "training and advise mission", the military said, three years after it decided against sending soldiers to join the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
The exact role the troops will play was unclear, but a statement from the army's press wing on Thursday stressed they "will not be employed outside" the kingdom.
Pakistan's retired army chief, General Raheel Sharif, commands the new Saudi-led Islamic military alliance to fight terrorism, though it was not immediately clear whether the new troops would participate in that coalition.
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Update #1: Pakistan To Send Troops To Saudi Arabia (RFE)
Update #2: In major policy shift, Pakistan to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia (India TV)
WNU Editor: Many are wondering on why the deployment .... Why Pakistan is sending troops to Saudi Arabia (Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner). Is it because of Iran? .... Pakistan Army Now Officially Deployed to Saudi Arabia to Counter Iran? (Eurasian Times).
