When Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement last year, the security pact was widely welcomed as the natural next step in a partnership that has evolved over many decades. Yet the true value of such arrangements is revealed only during moments of crisis. The recent Iran conflict provided the first major test of the defense pact and of the broader Saudi-Pakistani strategic relationship.
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: A real test of brotherhood
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif.
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When Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement last year, the security pact was widely welcomed as the natural next step in a partnership that has evolved over many decades. Yet the true value of such arrangements is revealed only during moments of crisis.
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