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dubai3000
October 4th, 2007, 04:47 AM
which countries other then GCC countries does Saudi Arabia have best relations with?? Egypt, Pakistan,US,China??? or any others??

Sdare
October 4th, 2007, 05:38 AM
I am not interested in politics that much
but I think Egypt, India, Pakistan, China, France, all north Africa except Libya as far as I know
btw, what is the reason for asking that?

Skyprince
October 4th, 2007, 06:02 AM
Malaysia :D

Riyadhi
October 4th, 2007, 06:03 AM
I think Jordan, and even better relationship than all of the GCC except Kuwait.

Tonnerre
October 4th, 2007, 03:55 PM
I guess Yemen & Lebanon

Saudi guy
October 6th, 2007, 05:07 AM
iam weak in political but i think it's USA!!!

ZK
October 9th, 2007, 02:42 AM
In Asia, Well i think there's something different about Pak-Saudi relations, though I believe they should be more broad based instead of just the usual Ummah and brothers crap....Malaysia is a close country too, i believe Pakistan, Malaysia and KSA are the last hope for OIC too......Then India, yes King Abdullah has certainly re-ignited those relations too. In Middle East, Jordan is one of the dearest to Kingdom, I dunno y but I smell jealousy on Husni Mubarak's part for Saudi Arabia , so b/w Egypt and KSA, Egpt I believe doesn't wat Kingdom to be the Arab Champions in politics...In Europe I believe France is the closest to Kingdom......As for, US has always and will always be a close ally of KSA

metal gear
October 30th, 2007, 07:25 AM
^^ i really think that at least withen the region jordan has what can be called srategic ties (with no rivalery )with ksa............jordan prefers ksa leadership of the region to any...........the relation with ksa is untouchable here in jordan.

huit
October 30th, 2007, 03:13 PM
^ on the contrary, people from Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen (and there's another Arab country - Syria?) aren't allowed into Saudi defense facilities - not even as drivers! That says much about the relations between these countries and Saudi Arabia.

metal gear
October 30th, 2007, 03:17 PM
so what ?the leaderships are more in kahots than u know................and compared to the population of jordan the number of jordanians in ksa is massive.............

moroccanboy
November 6th, 2007, 06:38 PM
Morocco

Khanrak
February 15th, 2008, 01:25 AM
Probably the other GCC countries, and then Pakistan. Pakistan even renamed a metropolis for King Faisal.

Drag-race
March 23rd, 2008, 01:53 AM
ARABIA KUwait UAe OMAN .....etc

karim aboussir
March 23rd, 2008, 02:00 AM
morocco and united states best allies of saudia arabia

Najdazy
April 1st, 2008, 01:13 PM
The UAE, period.

KSA has never opened-up its economy to another country as much as the UAE.

Daano
June 12th, 2008, 02:01 PM
Is it true that the kings of Jordan, Morocco an Saudi Arabia are cousins?

AtaSaudi
June 12th, 2008, 02:18 PM
Is it true that the kings of Jordan, Morocco an Saudi Arabia are cousins?

They are not.

But the kings of Jordan and the kings of Morocco belong to the same extended family, and originally, they belong to Hijaz, which is in Saudi Arabia today.

The royal family of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar all beling to Najd, which is also in Saudi Arabia today.

utopianvision
June 22nd, 2008, 01:48 PM
please dont say marocco ,we are trying to shed the past or at least forget it so we can have a better future.

þopsï
June 22nd, 2008, 04:04 PM
Is it true that the kings of Jordan, Morocco an Saudi Arabia are cousins?

I know that the Moroccan queen and the Saudi queen are the daughters of a late Lebanese Prime Minister.

MoroccanChica
June 22nd, 2008, 05:12 PM
^^ No the Moroccan queen isn't. She's 100% Moroccan and so is the last Moroccan queen and the one before...The Tradition was for the King to marry a Berber wife to ensure stability.

The Moroccan King however claims to descendant of the Prophet and so does the King of Jordan.

B-Patriot
June 22nd, 2008, 07:16 PM
Wow, nobody mentioned Bahrain.. I'm a bit surprised.. :)

þopsï
June 22nd, 2008, 07:18 PM
^^ No the Moroccan queen isn't. She's 100% Moroccan and so is the last Moroccan queen and the one before...The Tradition was for the King to marry a Berber wife to ensure stability.

The Moroccan King however claims to descendant of the Prophet and so does the King of Jordan.


Oops my bad !
it appeared that Lamia is a princess and not a queen.

MoroccanChica
June 22nd, 2008, 07:25 PM
One of the pervious King's younger brothers married a Lebanese lady. I am guessing we're talking about the same person.

ZOHAR
June 22nd, 2008, 09:39 PM
Israel:D

Sdare
June 22nd, 2008, 10:21 PM
I know that the Moroccan queen and the Saudi queen are the daughters of a late Lebanese Prime Minister.
just to mention we don't have queens in Saudi, the only queen was king Faisal's wife queen Effat
what is known about king Abdullah (the current one) is that all of his wives and ex-wives are Saudis
I think you are talking about prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, his wife is Lebanese from the Alsulh (الصلح) house and she is the mother of Alwaleed bin Talal the billionaire

þopsï
June 23rd, 2008, 11:49 AM
^^lol im not familiar with those royal thingies,and yes im talking about her.

Daano
July 17th, 2008, 06:50 PM
Israel:D

:lol:

M.A.Z.3.N
July 20th, 2008, 04:53 AM
definitely Pakistan

Mard
July 22nd, 2008, 04:04 PM
^ yeah it has to be pakistan because i see pakistani politicians always coming to saudi for advice. also in real life pakistanis are very good friends with saudis

r.lifzer
December 10th, 2008, 04:32 AM
Brazil of course

jh1
December 11th, 2008, 04:07 PM
Pakistan for sure ..

Shahid
December 11th, 2008, 06:12 PM
USA for sure.

OIL business.

Rody69
December 11th, 2008, 07:24 PM
from a mixed point of view: (Business and political relations)
1-U.A.E
2-Bahrain
3-Egypt
4-U.S.A
5-Pakistan
6-Spain
7-China
8-Japan
9-France
10-Morocco

LeB.Fr
December 11th, 2008, 07:26 PM
LEBANON of course!!!! TOURISM!!! LOL joking :D

Rody69
December 11th, 2008, 08:17 PM
^^^^^^^ yes right, how I forgot about that!!!!!
but I think the relation between Saudi and Lebanon it's on other level :)

Rambo2
December 28th, 2008, 07:20 AM
pakistanis and saudis get along very well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfj--Q-Frcs

_BPS_
January 1st, 2009, 05:23 PM
My Saudi friend told me that KSA has very strong lobbyist influence in UK?

HaNaDy88
February 3rd, 2009, 07:53 AM
IT IS BAHRAIN 4 SURE

BAHRAINI PEOPLE LIKES SAUDI VERY MUCH AND THEY R SO FREINDLY

THAT IS 4 PEOPLE BUT FOR GOVERMENT I HAVE NO IDEA BUT YOU COULD FIND MORE IN THAT LINK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Saudi_Arabia

rudi0086
February 5th, 2009, 05:28 AM
i guess the relation between saudi and china is going really well.

during the 5.12 earthquake last year in china, we received a huge donation from your majesty king, and the whole country and people here are deeply moved.

and our chairman is about to visit saudi these days and saudi is the first country of his this trip.

so things are going well between saudi and china.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
February 6th, 2009, 01:02 PM
I think Pakistan heads the list for sure.:)

setifis
February 6th, 2009, 01:27 PM
Wow, nobody mentioned Bahrain.. I'm a bit surprised.. :)

Bahrain is known as "the pub of Saudi Arabia" (بار السعودية(. many Saudi people drive in to Bahrain for a pint of wine and come back. :lol: :lol: :lol:

national guard
February 6th, 2009, 09:41 PM
Israel:D

^^Naughty You!:nuts::nuts:

Sdare
February 7th, 2009, 10:18 AM
Bahrain is known as "the pub of Saudi Arabia" (بار السعودية(. many Saudi people drive in to Bahrain for a pint of wine and come back. :lol: :lol: :lol:

where did that long list of countries go? :|
anyway i find your post about Bahrain is irrelevant to this thread

setifis
February 7th, 2009, 03:55 PM
where did that long list of countries go? :|
anyway i find your post about Bahrain is irrelevant to this thread

hehe.. because I like Saudi Arabia, I consider it as my country too. it is not me, in the gulf countries they consider Bahrain as a the bar of Saudi Arabia

national guard
February 7th, 2009, 05:37 PM
^^ being the "bar" of Saudi Arabia, do you consider Bahrain then as the country which Saudi Arabia has best relations with?:)

Mesch
February 21st, 2009, 04:50 AM
When looking at this question from a political point of view NOT a public point of view, I think this is my answer:
In the GCC, Saudi Arabia has a special tie with each country. With Bahrain as said before. It is the bar of Saudi Arabia, for God sakes I think Bahrain could be a Saudi autonomous province. With Kuwait the two countries are so related that their families are known to marry from each other, my cousin is married to a Kuwaiti. I think this resulted because the Kuwaiti royal family is a spin-off of the Saudi royal family, they're both of the Inzah tribe (ar: عنزة). With Qatar, the two countries are both Hanbali Wahhabist, though their monarchies had some tensions in the past, now the tensions are completely gone, especially that the boundaries are defined now. When it comes to the UAE, I think the relationship is more economic than other GCC countries, Saudi Arabia really never opened up economically like it did with the UAE. Yet still, Like other GCC countries they share the same culture and almost the same dialect. With Oman, all I could think about is that they're both GCC countries, but still Oman is way closer to KSA than other Arab countries, for example lets say Yemen or Egypt.
In summary, GCC countries are like brothers of one family. They're almost the same, yet still like brothers they differ or disagree sometimes. So the GCC is definitely the closest to KSA.

Now after the GCC, I've got a list.
In Asia:
1. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia is like the Godfather of Pakistan. I sometimes think of the Saudi-Pakistani relationship as the American-Israeli one.
2. Lebanon, a little bit like Pakistan to me, but unlike Pakistan I consider it the real spoiled child of Saudi Arabia.
3. Jordan, because of the great resemblance in cultures and because they're both US allies here in the region.
4. India, especially in late decades. I think it is because the cultures are close, also because India has a large number of Muslims and a long history with the Gulf. One of the reasons I think, is that KSA offers lots of jobs to Indians.
5. Turkey, no major reason but I think it's because of the historic ties that gathers them. Also because Saudi money satisfies Turkish greed.
6. Indonesia, also no major reason but I think Saudi Arabia needed an ally in Asia, or specifically in Southeast Asia so here it was! Indonesia the largest Muslim country by population.

In Europe:
1. Russia, the Soviet Union is the first country ever to recognize the independence of Saudi Arabia.
2. the UK, basically I think it's because of "oil business money" and other kinds of money.
3. France, I don't know why I put it here especially that France is sufficiently independent in oil (either from its own fields from the fields in Algeria). I just think it's a close friend of Saudi Arabia.

In Africa:
1. Egypt, I think because of several reasons. Saudi Arabia has the largest Egyptian community living abroad, Saudis also participate in a huge part in the Egyptian tourism industry, and also because they're both US allies here in the region.
I can't think of another African country but maybe Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria are close friends of KSA. Mainly because of the great amount of jobs that KSA offers to their populations.

Latin America:
NADIE, but Venezuela flashed in my head for a second :)

North America:
Obviously the USA! The relation is mainly based on oil, but within the 60 years-long contact, the relationship has evolved to a level that some people call Saudi Arabia the other spoiled child of the USA in the region (just after Israel ;p).
We also have good relation with Canada.
Peace out :nocrook: and sorry if I made this too long.

Sdare
February 21st, 2009, 01:40 PM
1. Russia, the Soviet Union is the first country ever to recognize the independence of Saudi Arabia.
you mean unification :)

Mesch
February 22nd, 2009, 02:10 AM
you mean unification :)

Well, both unification, independence and even maybe annexation.
Hijaz was annexed three years after its independence from the Ottomans.
The Eastern Province gained independenced from the Ottomans too.
And the unification of all of those lands with Nejd :D

RANA AAA
August 4th, 2009, 09:27 AM
from a mixed point of view: (Business and political relations)
1-U.A.E
2-Bahrain
3-Egypt
4-U.S.A
5-Pakistan
6-Spain
7-China
8-Japan
9-France
10-Morocco

Pakistan should be at first three countries ...!!! :)

ProudArabian
August 5th, 2009, 04:51 AM
saudis and other gulf countries despite having good relations dont like each other that much, I would say its Pakistan or even USA

RANA AAA
August 5th, 2009, 06:11 AM
^^USA really :sly:

ruwais7
August 9th, 2009, 11:55 PM
Pakistan of course. Politically and brotherly.

Pakistan defends KSA because KSA have a useless armed forces so the Saudis had bought Pakistan's nukes and Pakistan since the eighties have protected KSA.

uae and qatar are not really good friends with Saudi Arabia. They dont like it when saudis invest money in wahhabi evil teachings.

ruwais7
August 9th, 2009, 11:57 PM
Well, both unification, independence and even maybe annexation.
Hijaz was annexed three years after its independence from the Ottomans.
The Eastern Province gained independenced from the Ottomans too.
And the unification of all of those lands with Nejd :Dthe Saudis betrayed their own muslim brothers for the British. thats why most muslims despise the Saudis because Saudis have never really helped muslim nations. and plus muslims hate it when Saudis try to force their wahhabi beliefs on muslem people.

Rody69
August 10th, 2009, 01:12 AM
the Saudis betrayed their own muslim brothers for the British. thats why most muslims despise the Saudis because Saudis have never really helped muslim nations. and plus muslims hate it when Saudis try to force their wahhabi beliefs on muslem people.

I think just using the word Wahhabi makes this argument pointless with you.there is nothing called wahhabi accept in your sick mind.
however, Mohammad Bin Abdulwahhab was a great man, who did everything he could to delete the wrong ideas which got into the society in his time (examples; asking other people -dead or alive- to ask god for forgiveness or help)
and as an Arabic Muslim from Bano Hashim and Quraish I tell you: he was RIGHT.
about AL-Sauod they did the right thing by saving our Arabic identity from the Turkish and the Parisian influence (if you ask any old man in the area he could tell how the Ottomans tried to change the area into a Mega Turkey) , and that the greatest thing Al-Sauod have done so far!!
I think what Al-Sauod did for Najd, Al-Hijaz, Aseer ,the eastern area, the north and the south is priceless and we can't pay it back.
the last thing we are not trying to make anyone Wahhabi or what so ever, we are Muslims who believe in god and all of his books,angels,messengers by the prophet Mohammad's way ( sunna= someones way ) and that way's first lesson is the relation between god and us is direct,so we don't need someone from (or who calls themselves; like in Iran) the prophet descenders, neither an Imam to be in between us and god.
and you forgot one of the most important bases in Islam:
*If you don't want to believe in god or to be Muslem you got your own religion or believes and I got main.
so we don't need to make any one to believe in god in our way!!
did you forgot that the prophet's (pbuh) nieghbor in Al-madinah was Jewish, and he used to trade with him and even visiting him in his sickness,so he was confirming that rule.
but you still think we sold our muslim brothers (I'm wondering we sold who??) for the British!! at least the British had their deals with us all along as a true men, but what did we see from what you called a betrayed muslim brother!! actually what I call brothers is the Arabs, the Africans,the Asians ,the eastern Asians, the Japanese ,the Americans ,the Europeans (including the British and the Scandinavians) ,the Latinos and every one on this planet!! because I really believe we are brothers in humanity :) and we should live together even if we don't agree with each others believes.because your believes is between you and god, but the good and the brotherly treatment should rule our lives :)

ProudArabian
August 10th, 2009, 01:12 AM
^ i agree that saudi government and other muslim governments are indeed evil and puppets.

Buts thats not true for the people

also the reason ottoman were betrayed because they use to treat arabs like slaves under them

ProudArabian
August 10th, 2009, 01:16 AM
I think just using the word Wahhabi makes this argument pointless with you.there is nothing called wahhabi accept in your sick mind.
however, Mohammad Bin Abdulwahhab was a great man, who did everything he could to delete the wrong ideas which got into the society in his time (examples; asking other people -dead or alive- to ask god for forgiveness or help)
and as an Arabic Muslim from Bano Hashim and Quraish I tell you: he was RIGHT.
about AL-Sauod they did the right thing by saving our Arabic identity from the Turkish and the Parisian influence (if you ask any old man in the area he could tell how the Ottomans tried to change the area into a Mega Turkey) , and that the greatest thing Al-Sauod have done so far!!
I think what Al-Sauod did for Najd, Al-Hijaz, Aseer ,the eastern area, the north and the south is priceless and we can't pay it back.
the last thing we are not trying to make any Wahabi or what so ever, we are muslims who believe in god and all of his books,angels,messengers by the prophet Mohammad's way ( sunna= someones way ) and that way's first lesson is the relation between god and us is direct,so we don't need someone from (or who calls themselves; like in Iran) the prophet descenders, neither an Imam to be in between us and god.
and you forgot one of the most important bases in Islam:
*If you don't want to believe in god or to be Muslem you got your own religion or believes and I got main.
so we don't need to make any one to believe in god in our way!!
did you forgot the prophet's (pbuh) nieghbor in Al-madinah was Jewish, and he used to trade with him and even visiting him in his sickness,so he was confirming that rule.

i agree with most what you said except for the saud part. Saud himself might have been really good but what is the royal family doing now? they are so corrupt and most of them are not even proper muslims. I have seen by my own eyes what haram things they do in Europe and America. So how can they be right now :nuts:

its time for them to go because they are bringing shame to the nation simply because they are not proper muslims

Rody69
August 10th, 2009, 01:32 AM
btw, where are from Ms/Mrs/Mr ruwais7?? :)

Rody69
August 10th, 2009, 01:40 AM
i agree with most what you said except for the saud part. Saud himself might have been really good but what is the royal family doing now? they are so corrupt and most of them are not even proper muslims. I have seen by my own eyes what haram things they do in Europe and America. So how can they be right now :nuts:

its time for them to go because they are bringing shame to the nation simply because they are not proper muslims
you have to remember at last they are just a human beings not angels, in all human, there are good people and there is bad people as well, and who are we to judge them or any one else.if some of them, any other royalty or rich did bad things doesn't mean that everyone in their families or even themselves are totally bad..
can you convect someone for his brother's or son's crimes or mistakes ??!! nuh I don't think so

@ ProudArabian I really like the way you think,and the elegant Dialogue style :)
it's a pleasure for anyone to argue with you ;)

Sdare
August 10th, 2009, 03:09 AM
Pakistan of course. Politically and brotherly.

Pakistan defends KSA because KSA have a useless armed forces so the Saudis had bought Pakistan's nukes and Pakistan since the eighties have protected KSA.

uae and qatar are not really good friends with Saudi Arabia. They dont like it when saudis invest money in wahhabi evil teachings.

you are just a saudi arabia hater, go spread your hate in somewhere else otherwise we'd nuke you with our pakistani made nukes :lol:

Sdare
August 10th, 2009, 03:14 AM
btw the one who led the arab revolt against the ottomans was an enemy to bin saud himself! ottomans have been always an enemy to the house of saud before and after the arab revolt!

ruwais7
August 10th, 2009, 12:58 PM
.....

Casab
August 10th, 2009, 05:07 PM
Palestine should be in the top 5.

Sdare
August 10th, 2009, 05:58 PM
.....

good boy :P

ruwais7
August 11th, 2009, 01:49 AM
good boy :Pso you deny saudis didnt staked money for pakistanis to get nukes?? Ask any Pakistani.

Rody69
August 11th, 2009, 02:01 AM
Palestine should be in the top 5.
Palestine isn't in the top 5... (SHE) is inside our hearts

*UofT*
August 11th, 2009, 05:34 AM
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jh1
August 12th, 2009, 10:01 AM
oKAqpuWZE-E&NR=1

Man!.. I laughed so hard at the end :lol:
I believe shekh sudais is touring London now :) , I love his reciting of the Quran .
thanks Uoft .:)

moroccanboy
September 4th, 2009, 11:52 PM
I think the USA.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
September 5th, 2009, 12:23 AM
I think Pakistan at the No. 1 spot..........

Metsada
October 16th, 2009, 03:43 AM
ottomans have been always an enemy to the house of saud before and after the arab revolt!
Peace,

I'm not saying that what you're saying is wrong, but could you explain? As someone from Turkey, I would like to know.

Sdare
October 16th, 2009, 10:37 AM
^^ hi :)
first let me ask you: who 'exactly' revolted against ottomans?

Tetwani
October 16th, 2009, 01:32 PM
I don't think that Turkey is a good friend of SA, maybe its changing.

Saudi Royal family has many houses in Morocco, and they are very often here for holidays (King of Saudi Arabia...)

Metsada
October 16th, 2009, 08:32 PM
^^ hi :)
first let me ask you: who 'exactly' revolted against ottomans?

The Sharif of Mecca?

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
October 17th, 2009, 03:36 AM
I think Pakistan is at no. 1, may be China & USA at no. 2 & 3........

ProudArabian
October 18th, 2009, 05:27 AM
^ not any more i think, Saudis supported Taliban and bin laden which destoyed your country. Now pakistan is killing the Taliban and bin laden supporters, so i think Saudi arabia doesn't like that because Taliban were spreading Wahabhism through Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
October 18th, 2009, 07:32 AM
^^but what option Pakistan has? They(Taliban) are killing people in Pakistan & thats y today Pakistan's Army has launched a massive offensive against Taliban in North & South Waziristan, operation called "Raah-e-Nijat"............I don't think so we should let the Taliban go because KSA loves them.......

ProudArabian
October 18th, 2009, 08:57 AM
^ yeah i agree with you, KSA has bascially exported its own terrorists and ideolgy to places like Afghanistan, Pakistan and even my country Yemen. Pakistanis and all others should be careful dealing with the hypocryte government of saudi arabia in the future

leetroy
October 18th, 2009, 04:22 PM
Please dont say anything retarted unless you know very well what your talking about, which sounds like you dont.

For the last 10 years or so, the Saudi goverment has been fighting terror groups who were blowing up public buildings and private coumpounds in the Kingdom. Those terror groups are all related to taliban who are also blowing and destroying Pakistan/Afghanistan.

And as much as you see the saudi goverment hypocrytical its the same deal with pakistan and most other countries in the region.

ProudArabian
October 18th, 2009, 06:08 PM
^ they are figthing terror only in their own country. It is well known that they have allowed terrorists to escape to Yemen and other countries. Also the biggest thing comes from the saudi radical relgious ideolgy, Bin Laden and his gang were all saudis, most of the terrorism in Iraq was caused by Saudi citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, there are many many saudi fighters. Almost every thing is being funded from Saudi Arabia. There are many reports on this.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
October 20th, 2009, 01:29 AM
^^Also 15 of the 19 terrorist of 9/11 attacks are from KSA, then y Afghanistan & Pakistan are suffering?????????

Sdare
October 20th, 2009, 06:15 AM
The Sharif of Mecca?

i thought you'd elaborate more. anyway, house of saud and their followers 'AKA wahhabis' aimed (and did actually) conquer lands that were under the ottomans' rule like mecca and madina. in response to that ottomans always have sent military campaigns to retard and kick out the saudis.

Sdare
October 20th, 2009, 06:19 AM
^ they are figthing terror only in their own country. It is well known that they have allowed terrorists to escape to Yemen and other countries. Also the biggest thing comes from the saudi radical relgious ideolgy, Bin Laden and his gang were all saudis, most of the terrorism in Iraq was caused by Saudi citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, there are many many saudi fighters. Almost every thing is being funded from Saudi Arabia. There are many reports on this.

yeah we saudis wanna take over the world :devil:
seriously dude stop chewing that crap

http://www.soutalgnoub.com/home/modules/4nAlbum/album/anther/all-8.jpg

Riyadh Sun
October 20th, 2009, 11:42 AM
I think with countries have the monarchical rules like

kingdom of Bahrain , Jordan , Kuwait , Oman

ZK
October 20th, 2009, 11:15 PM
Do you guys know what you are talking about?

Helllooo....Terrorism in Pakistan right now is because of our own follies in the past. We were at the forefront of creating these monsters in 80s. It has nothing to do with 9/11 or Saudis being non-supportive. Infact, we have survived on Saudi lifelines through some of the worst times in our history. The people of Pakistan have the utmost respect for Saudi Arabia!

Plus why would KSA love the Taliban? There was a time when Pakistan, UAE and KSA, all three recognized Taliban, because they were symbol of stability in Afghanistan. The Taliban fighting in Pakistan are Pakistani thugs, criminals and gangsters patronized by Al-Qaeda's Bin Laden and Zawahiri (an Egyptian), who have killed thousands of Pakistani soldiers and civilans in markets, schools, univesities, offices etc. They need to be crushed. Saudis aren't sad about it, they must be finally taking a sigh of relief. Infact the ungrateul world should be gracious to our men and women in uniform fighting for peace that eventually benefits the entire world!

Taliban in Pakistan have been planted as a conspiracy against our nuclear arsneal, which were made possible partly because of Saudi funds and Pakistani brains. These two countries have a history of silent trust and faith, that can't be ever broken. The international powers are working towards a new world order, in which there is no Pakistan. We are being disintegrated from within. So wake up and peace out! Your rubbish theories are merely rubbish and nothing else.

***End of Story***

betaab2
October 21st, 2009, 04:28 AM
^ you have no idea what you are are talking about. There are tons of outsiders in Pakistan's waziristan right now, most of them Saudis, Uzbeks and chechens.

ZK
October 21st, 2009, 11:30 AM
^ you have no idea what you are are talking about. There are tons of outsiders in Pakistan's waziristan right now, most of them Saudis, Uzbeks and chechens.

And people from many more states. Even a simple student of government would know the difference between non-state and state actors! Ajmal Qassab was a Pakistani too, right? Are you implying that Pak Gov. supported the Mumbai attacks.

There may be Saudis, Yemenis and other Arabs fighting there, simply doesn't translate their government policies....

So I say again, get your facts straight and then talk!

MAS-LNS
October 21st, 2009, 03:42 PM
GCC & Lebanon

:)

Yaghuth
October 21st, 2009, 04:54 PM
Pakistan+ GCC +USA+ jordan

relations with China ,France , Germany and Russia is getting there :)

phoenician.guy
February 6th, 2010, 07:37 AM
When looking at this question from a political point of view NOT a public point of view, I think this is my answer:
In the GCC, Saudi Arabia has a special tie with each country. With Bahrain as said before. It is the bar of Saudi Arabia, for God sakes I think Bahrain could be a Saudi autonomous province. With Kuwait the two countries are so related that their families are known to marry from each other, my cousin is married to a Kuwaiti. I think this resulted because the Kuwaiti royal family is a spin-off of the Saudi royal family, they're both of the Inzah tribe (ar: عنزة). With Qatar, the two countries are both Hanbali Wahhabist, though their monarchies had some tensions in the past, now the tensions are completely gone, especially that the boundaries are defined now. When it comes to the UAE, I think the relationship is more economic than other GCC countries, Saudi Arabia really never opened up economically like it did with the UAE. Yet still, Like other GCC countries they share the same culture and almost the same dialect. With Oman, all I could think about is that they're both GCC countries, but still Oman is way closer to KSA than other Arab countries, for example lets say Yemen or Egypt.
In summary, GCC countries are like brothers of one family. They're almost the same, yet still like brothers they differ or disagree sometimes. So the GCC is definitely the closest to KSA.

Now after the GCC, I've got a list.
In Asia:
1. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia is like the Godfather of Pakistan. I sometimes think of the Saudi-Pakistani relationship as the American-Israeli one.
2. Lebanon, a little bit like Pakistan to me, but unlike Pakistan I consider it the real spoiled child of Saudi Arabia.
3. Jordan, because of the great resemblance in cultures and because they're both US allies here in the region.
4. India, especially in late decades. I think it is because the cultures are close, also because India has a large number of Muslims and a long history with the Gulf. One of the reasons I think, is that KSA offers lots of jobs to Indians.
5. Turkey, no major reason but I think it's because of the historic ties that gathers them. Also because Saudi money satisfies Turkish greed.
6. Indonesia, also no major reason but I think Saudi Arabia needed an ally in Asia, or specifically in Southeast Asia so here it was! Indonesia the largest Muslim country by population.

In Europe:
1. Russia, the Soviet Union is the first country ever to recognize the independence of Saudi Arabia.
2. the UK, basically I think it's because of "oil business money" and other kinds of money.
3. France, I don't know why I put it here especially that France is sufficiently independent in oil (either from its own fields from the fields in Algeria). I just think it's a close friend of Saudi Arabia.

In Africa:
1. Egypt, I think because of several reasons. Saudi Arabia has the largest Egyptian community living abroad, Saudis also participate in a huge part in the Egyptian tourism industry, and also because they're both US allies here in the region.
I can't think of another African country but maybe Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria are close friends of KSA. Mainly because of the great amount of jobs that KSA offers to their populations.

Latin America:
NADIE, but Venezuela flashed in my head for a second :)

North America:
Obviously the USA! The relation is mainly based on oil, but within the 60 years-long contact, the relationship has evolved to a level that some people call Saudi Arabia the other spoiled child of the USA in the region (just after Israel ;p).
We also have good relation with Canada.
Peace out :nocrook: and sorry if I made this too long.


Lebanon is noone's spoiled child... another thing would be arab countries loving Lebanon :)

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad
February 6th, 2010, 08:02 AM
Pakistan - KSA relationship ROCKS...........:banana: