Saudi Arabia, Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact
Under the deal, any attack on one country will be treated as an attack on both, in what leaders called a commitment to ‘joint deterrence against aggression.’
Royal Saudi Land Forces and units of Special Forces of the Pakistani army take part in a joint military exercise called "Al-Samsam 5" in Shamrakh field, north of Baha region, southwest Saudi Arabia, on March 30, 2015. Saudi Press Agency / file/AP Photo
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a strategic mutual defense agreement on Sept. 17 that commits the two long-time allies to treat any attack on one as an attack on both.
The Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement was sealed in Riyadh during Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit, hosted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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