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The State Department has approved a potential sale of 300 Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia for about $3.05 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday.
The sale will replenish Saudi Arabia’s “dwindling” inventory of missile defense systems.
“These missiles are being used to defend the borders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against sustained attacks by Houthi transnational unmanned aerial systems and ballistic missiles,” the Defense and Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. rice field.
It came after President Biden visited Saudi Arabia last month and met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on human rights and energy security.
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Days before the visit, Reuters reported that the Biden administration was considering lifting a ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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UN envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said the ceasefire in Yemen’s civil war has been extended from Tuesday until October.