🔺Security agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan; “An attack on one country is an attack on all three countries”

▪The leaders of Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a trilateral security agreement under which an attack on any of these countries is considered an attack on all three countries.

▪The Pakistani Foreign Office announced in a statement on Friday that the agreement is aimed at strengthening collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and states that “any armed attack against any of the three countries will be considered an attack on all three countries.”

▪The signing of this trilateral agreement comes while, over the past few days, the Iran-backed Houthis have carried out military actions against Saudi Arabia and attacked oil tankers carrying oil for this country.