Can Saudi-Pakistan defence pact serve as a template for similar agreements?
Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan’s strategic mutual defence agreement signed earlier this month could serve as a blueprint for similar defence alliances.
The strategic pact, signed in Riyadh by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, during the latter’s state visit to the kingdom, aims to “develop aspects of defence cooperation between the two countries and strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression”.
The two countries have conducted a series of joint military exercises over the years, including the Al-Samsaam-VIII-22 joint exercise in 2022, and a more recent exercise conducted in Multan last year. The joint statement added that “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both”.
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