THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact
State of the Union: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the agreement “stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all.” The post Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact appeared first on The American Conservative .
The governments of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan agreed to a mutual defense pact on Friday, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveling to Mecca for the signing ceremony. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that the pact, known as the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, is “intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all” (in this last respect, it seems to closely resemble NATO’s Article Five). The agreement has been interpreted by many as a response to the deteriorating security situation…Open