Washington - Sana
The American authorities decided today to suspend training about 175 Saudis studying military aviation in the United States after the shooting incident at the Florida Air Force Base.
Yesterday, US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called for the suspension of the Saudi military training program in the United States against the background of the attack by a Saudi regime air force officer at a US military base in Florida last Friday that killed three people and wounded eight others.
Reuters quoted US officials as saying that "about 175 Saudis studying military aviation had stopped training in a temporary framework for operations in the interest of safety after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot dead 3 people last week at the Florida base."
And the US Navy spokeswoman, Andriana Jenoldi, noted that the suspension of training and suspension of Saudi aviation students began on Monday for the sake of safety.
It should be noted that US Defense Secretary Mark Esber said that he requested "a review of the monitoring procedures for foreign nationals coming to receive training in the United States", but he defended the usefulness of this type of program.
Three people were killed and at least eight others were wounded, including two officers, in a shooting incident carried out by an armed man inside a US military base in Scampia County in Florida, USA, last Friday.
US President Donald Trump faces pressure to reconsider his administration's approach to the Saudi regime after the attack, while the election campaign for potential Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has criticized Trump's policy and relations with Saudi Arabia calling for a reassessment of relations between the two sides.