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Pakistan calls Makkah pact defensive alliance, rules out expansion
Pakistan on Thursday termed the trilateral defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye as a "defensive alliance" to ensure regional security primarily through deterrence and ruled out any quick expansion of the pact. Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Makkah on August 7. The pact establishes a framework for collective deterrence and stipulates that an armed attack against any one of the three countries would be regarded as an attack against all t…
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