JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia yesterday denied media reports that it intends to allow Israeli military planes to fly over its airspace. “These reports are totally false and baseless,” an official source at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation said.
The source also denied reports that Saudi military officials had met with their Israeli counterparts to discuss the issue. “The source expressed surprise over such false media reports,” the Saudi Press Agency said.
“No Saudi official has met with any Israeli official. There was no such meeting to discuss this matter in any form,” the SPA said quoting the Ministry of Defense and Aviation source as saying. “Saudi Arabia has not held any meetings with anybody in this respect. Saudi policies are very clear and transparent,” the source added.
