New Delhi faces a strategic headache from its main rival’s defensive pact with Turkey and the Saudis – but it may be better news for Beijing.

India said that it was ‘closely following’ the agreement.

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have signed a landmark joint defence pact declaring that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack on all.…

Each country pledged to defend the others, but each country also has its own motivations for joining the pact.