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India weighs Pak-Saudi def pact
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|September 19, 2025
NATO-STYLE AGREEMENT TO TREAT ATTACK ON ONE COUNTRY AS ATTACK ON BOTH
INDIA on Thursday said it would assess the security implications of the newly signed Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, amid concerns over shifting power dynamics in the Middle East and South Asia.
The pact, signed on Wednesday during Paksitan PM Shehbaz Sharif's official visit to Riyadh, marks a major upgradation of defence ties between the two countries. It includes a mutual defence clause that says "any aggression against either of the two countries shall be considered as an aggression against both".
The accord was signed in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de-facto ruler, and Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kalaburagi.
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