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Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO's Article 5, Turkish ...
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Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia signed a joint defence agreement resembling NATO's Article 5, committing to collective defence against attacks, with plans to form a ministers' committee and a Saudi-based secretariat. The alliance aims to expand potentially including Egypt and asserts it is not aimed against Iran but to strengthen collective deterrence in the region.
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Your regional security environment just tightened with a new defence pact among key Sunni allies. This could shift your partnership priorities and open routes to new regional contracts as this alliance shapes collective defence.
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2 sources · first reported 8 Aug 2026 · latest 13 Aug 2026
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