Defence pact: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye to establish ‘political, military mechanisms’

Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the three countries last week, the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday. “Under the accord, strategic political and military mechanisms plan to be established involving the Defence Ministers, Foreign Ministers, and Chiefs of General Staff/Armed Forces Commanders, and that coordination among the three countries will be conducted at the highest level,” it said.