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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defense pact, sparking India's concern · 1 source tracked

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and another unnamed country have signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, establishing a mutual defense pact where an attack on one is considered an attack on all. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif suggested this could serve as a model for a larger military alliance among Islamic nations, drawing parallels to NATO. This development has raised concerns in India, which views the pact as a potential expansion of influence into the Indian Ocean region. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Biman Mukherji ·

    ‘Islamic Nato’? Why Pakistan’s new defence pact has India on edge

    A new defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey has raised questions in New Delhi over whether Islamabad could use the agreement to build wider security ties with Muslim-majority countries in India’s neighbourhood, analysts have said. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreemen…

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