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Tripartite Defense Pact Treats Attack on One as Attack on All
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a landmark tripartite defense agreement stipulating that an armed attack on any one nation will be treated as an attack on all three. Announcing the alliance in Mecca alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman secured mutual defense guarantees following recent regional escalations, drawing sharp criticism from Iran.
