Report: Riyadh Makes Official Request to Freeze French Arms Delivery
Saudi Arabia has asked French authorities to freeze the delivery of weapons to the Lebanese army under a Saudi grant, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.
The newspaper quoted informed French sources as saying that Paris received an official message from Riyadh in May asking it to freeze the delivery of the rest of the arms.
The letter also requested France not to inform Lebanese authorities about the decision to freeze the delivery, they said.
The Lebanese army received the first batch of weapons, including Milan anti-tank missiles, under the $3 billion Saudi grant in April.
Thursday's report came a day after the same newspaper said that the are dysfunctional.
But the military was quick to deny the report.
It said in a communicate on Wednesday that the missiles “have no technical or production malfunction.”
The army also urged the media to be accurate in dealing with any information relating to the military.
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