Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Defense Pactsince Aug 8

Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Pact Signed

The three countries agreed to mutual defense amid shifting regional security tensions.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca on Aug. 7 that treats an armed attack on any one of them as an attack on all three. The pact was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. It formalizes collective deterrence among the world’s largest oil exporter, NATO’s second-largest army and the only nuclear-armed Muslim state. Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday the agreement is not aimed at Iran or any other country.

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