US approves potential sale of 3,000 smart bombs to Saudi Arabia: Report

The sale comes in the final days of US President Donald Trump's term

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Saudi Arabia | United States | Donald Trump

Mike Stone | Reuters  |  Washington 

Pentagon
President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, West Asia’s biggest buyer of American weapons, in a bid to pressure Riyadh to end a war in Yemen

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision guided munitions to the Kingdom of in a deal valued at up to $290 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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The sale comes in the final days of US President Donald Trump’s term. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, West Asia’s biggest buyer of American weapons, in a bid to pressure Riyadh to end a war in Yemen.
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First Published: Thu, December 31 2020. 02:21 IST
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