Kuwait congratulates Pakistan on tripartite defense pact with Turkiye, Saudi Arabia

Kuwait congratulated Pakistan on signing a tripartite defense agreement with Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, Islamabad’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. In a late-night phone call, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah “felicitated” his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar “on the recent signing of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.” On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the agreement in Mecca. The pact considers an armed attack against any of the three countries an attack against all of them and aims to strengthen collective deterrence and expand defense cooperation. READ: ‘Attack on one is attack on all’: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign landmark Mecca defence pact The agreement follows years […]