Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defence agreement under which an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on all

Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defence agreement under which an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on all, according to a France 24 report published Aug. 7. The account is still developing and the pact has not been independently confirmed beyond the France 24 reporting.^[1]

France 24 said the agreement was signed by the three countries and described its core commitment as treating an armed attack on one nation as an attack on all. The outlet noted that correspondent Jasper Mortimer in Turkey provided further insights, but offered no additional text of the pact in its initial dispatch.^[1]

Pact presented as Saudi effort to diversify security ties

According to France 24, the pact comes as Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its security partnerships. The report links that effort to the current security environment, without detailing what specific obligations, command structures, or ratification steps the new agreement would entail.^[1]

Infrastructure attacks and war in Iran cited as backdrop

France 24 reported that the move follows repeated attacks on Saudi critical infrastructure amid the war in Iran. The outlet did not specify the timing, location, or authorship of those attacks, and no formal statements from the governments in Riyadh, Islamabad, or Ankara were included in the report available so far.^[1]