Pak, Turkiye agree to deploy forces in Saudi Arabia under trilateral pact in wake of Houthi attacks
ISLAMABAD: (Oct 6) Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to deploy their military forces in Saudi Arabia under the trilateral defence agreement between the three countries in the wake of Houthi attacks in the Gulf country.
The three sides had convened an emergency meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) of the Makkah Alliance for Defence in Riyadh on Monday to address the regional developments and threats facing Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement.
The trilateral defence agreement, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye in August, establishes a framework for collective deterrence and stipulates that an armed attack against any one of them would be regarded as an attack against all
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