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Pakistan and Libya sign $4B arms deal amid conflict
Pakistan and Libya have signed a big deal worth $4 billion to sell weapons.
This happened even though there is a ban on selling arms to Libya.
The deal is between Pakistan's top military leader and Libya's leader, Khalifa Haftar.
Libya has been in a long war between Haftar's army and the recognized government.
This deal might make the war more complicated because it involves other countries' interests.
The deal shows how countries sometimes make agreements that might not follow all the rules, especially in places where there is a lot of fighting and different groups want control.
Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met Libya's Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar last week.
A $4 billion arms deal was signed between Pakistan and Libya, despite a ban on arms sales to Libya.
The deal involves Pakistan selling weapons to the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar.
Libya is in a prolonged conflict between the LNA and the government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
The deal highlights the geopolitical complexities and ongoing war in Libya.
- Who
- Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Libya's Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar
- What
- A $4 billion arms deal between Pakistan and Libya
- Where
- Libya
- When
- Last week
- Why
- To support the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar
Key facts
- Parties Involved
- Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Libya's Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar
- Deal Value
- $4 Billion
- Deal Details
- Arms sale agreement between Pakistan and Libya
- Conflict Parties in Libya
- Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar and the government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
- Geopolitical Context
- Endless war and geopolitical complexities in Libya
Quotes
Asim Iftikhar Ahmed
Pakistan's representative at the United Nations.
“We are not entirely satisfied with the outcome”
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“Some critical suggestions from Pakistan were not included in the final text”
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Ishaq Dar
Pakistan's Foreign Minister.
“The plan was 'not ours'”
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“There was 'no room for politicking' on the matter”
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Mufti Taqi Usmani
Prominent scholar and chair of a gathering of Muslim clerics.
“Pakistan’s forces should not be used to disarm Hamas”
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“Pakistan’s armed forces are 'imbued with the spirit of jihad' and that the 'notion of placing them against any sacred struggle for the liberation of Baitul Muqaddas or Palestine is impossible for the nation to accept'”
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“If there are no protests or large outpourings of rage in Pakistan, it will prove on the ground that all of them have, at all times, been paid lackeys of the army.”
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Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State.
“We’re very grateful to Pakistan for their offer to be a part of it, or at least their offer to consider being a part of it. I think we owe them a few more answers before we can ask anybody to firmly commit.”
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