Saudi denies would let Israeli jets pass for Iran attack http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20090706T124413ZNCV58
RIYADH, Jul 06, 2009 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia denied on Monday a report that it has agreed to allow Israeli warplanes to fly through the kingdom's airspace to attack Iran's nuclear sites. "Of course this is not true. We don't have any kind of relationship with the Israelis," Osama Nugali, spokesman for the Saudi foreign ministry, told AFP. Britain's Sunday Times reported that the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence service had held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility of Israeli jets flying over Saudi Arabia for such an attack. "The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of Israel and Saudi Arabia," the newspaper quoted a diplomatic source as saying. Nugali rejected the claim of any talks having taken place, stressing that the two countries have no diplomatic, commercial or other relations. He said occasional reports of a secret relationship are aimed at fraying Arab unity. "Our policy is very transparent and our position is very firm regarding any kind of relation with Israel," Nugali said. "Fortunately, these continuous allegations are not taken seriously." On Sunday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also denied the report, calling it "fundamentally wrong and baseless". Kuwait not to allow Israeli crafts to use its airspace: speaker http://news-en.trend.az/world/wnews/1499488.html Kuwaiti parliament speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi said on Sunday that Kuwait will not allow Israeli crafts and jets to use its airspace, Kuwaiti News Agency ( KUNA) reported. Answering a question about news published by Israeli press over probable deals by which some Arab countries will allow Israeli crafts to use their airspaces, Al-Kharafi said Kuwait had never and will never allow this, affirming that his country will never join agreements on this issue, Xinhua reported. Addressing media, Al-Kharafi expressed astonishment over accepting Israeli media reports as a matter of fact and exclaimed "did the Israeli press became a source from which we extract news? " Israeli media reports are not true, he said, calling on journalists and media men not to rely on or publish any "illogic information." Earlier news stated that some Arab countries might make deals with Israel allowing the Jewish state of using the airspace of these countries as a part of incentives package for Israel to settle the Palestinian issue. Some other reports mentioned that Saudi Arabia might open its airspace before Israeli military jets in case of a probable Israeli air attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, a report that Israel itself denied With Regards Abi "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "newsline" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/newsline?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
