🔶Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a joint defense agreement

According to a statement by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a joint agreement to strengthen security and defense cooperation at a defense meeting in Jeddah.

The meeting was attended by Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, and Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Based on the Pakistan Foreign Ministry’s statement, the agreement was signed with the aim of strengthening “collective deterrence” against any kind of aggressive action.

The statement said that any armed attack on one of these three countries will be considered an attack on all of them.

The Pakistan Foreign Ministry announced that the agreement was signed on the basis of historical relations among the three countries, the links of “brotherhood and Islamic solidarity,” shared strategic interests, and long-standing defense cooperation.