Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Defense Pact: The Alliance of the Decade?
The pact commits Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to joint deterrence, intelligence sharing, and counterterrorism amid regional tensions, leveraging Pakistan’s 170 nuclear warheads, analysts said.
- On September 17, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in Riyadh, committing both to treat aggression against one as aggression against both.
- Saudi planners moved to diversify security partners amid doubts about U.S. reliability, accelerated by the Israeli strike on Qatar, while Pakistan's 170 warheads made it strategically attractive to Riyadh.
- The pact details expanded military cooperation, joint exercises and intelligence sharing to counter threats, and Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said deterrence capabilities would support Saudi Arabia.
- Diplomats noted immediate responses at the United Nations as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian welcomed the pact, calling it a promising start amid Israel's recent airstrikes.
- Analysts warn the pact could evolve into a wider bloc, but its durability will be tested by Kashmir and other regional flashpoints.
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