by Dave DeCamp
President Trump announced on Tuesday night that he was designating Saudi Arabia as a “major non-NATO ally” of the US after he and Saudi Crown Prince Mohhamed bin Salman signed a new security pact, dubbed the US-Saudi Strategic Defense Agreement (SDA).
“I’m pleased to announce that we are taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, which is something that is very important to them, and I’m just telling you know for the first time because I wanted to keep a little secret for tonight,” the president said at a dinner he hosted for MbS after the two leaders met in the Oval Office earlier in the day.
The MNNA designation gives countries priority access to US military equipment. Under the SDA, Saudi Arabia will purchase F-35 fighter jets and 300 US-made tanks, according to a statement from the White House...
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