Overview

• Signed on Wednesday by Mohammed bin Salman and Shehbaz Sharif, the agreement commits each country to treat an attack on one as an attack on both.
• India’s foreign ministry said the Saudi partnership should keep mutual interests and sensitivities in view and noted that implications for national security will be examined.
• Pakistan’s defence minister said all Pakistani capabilities would be available under the pact, a remark read as including nuclear forces, though the agreement’s text contains no nuclear provision.
• Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman hailed the deal, saying the two nations stand as “one front against any aggressor, always and forever.”
• Reporting describes the accord as formalising decades of cooperation, with some accounts linking its accelerated timing to Israeli strikes on Doha, and notes talk of possible Arab partners as India underscores its active ties with the UAE and Qatar.