RIYADH: The defense agreement signed on Friday between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan is not an effort to establish a “military axis or a sectarian bloc,” a senior Saudi minister said. “Nor is it linked to any nuclear ambitions or arms race, rather it is focused on building sustainable capabilities,” Saudi Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Rayed Krimly said shortly after the deal was announced. The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement was signed in the Kingdom by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to deepen cooperation among the three regional powers amid…

In a major geopolitical shift expected to redraw the security architecture of the Middle East and South Asia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey have signed a historic trilateral…

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed a joint defense pact in Mecca. This agreement aims to strengthen collective deterrence against aggression. The pact follows years of…