Daily Memo: Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Agree to Mutual Defense Pact

The leaders of the three countries met in Mecca on Friday.

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New alliance. Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a joint defense pact, pledging to defend each other in case of an attack. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in the Saudi city of Mecca to oversee the signing of the deal, which a […]

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