Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense agreement, with an attack on one nation to be considered an attack on all. This pact is seen by some as a new axis or an 'Islamic NATO' and has drawn criticism from Iran and concerns from Greece regarding its implications for regional security.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defense pact
Amid a regional war between the US and Iran and Houthi attacks from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defense accord, which claims to promote 'collective security' and 'peace, security and stability in the region.'
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Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defence agreement, under which an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on all. The pact comes as Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its security partnerships after repeated attacks on its critical infrastructure amid the war in Iran. France 24 Correspondent Jasper Mortimer from Turkey shares further insights.
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Ebrahim Rezaei, a member of Iran's Parliament and National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote, "Saudis must know that a paper agreement with Turkey and Pakistan will not bring them security, just as years of one-sided nursing to the Americans did not bring them security."
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The mutual defence aspect of the deal resembles Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the basis for the Nato alliance.
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