Overview

• The pact establishes a collective‑defense commitment that treats aggression against one as aggression against both, formalising decades of cooperation.
• A senior Saudi official called the accord the culmination of years of talks and declined to specify whether Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent is covered.
• India said it will study the pact’s implications for security and on Friday added that Saudi ties with New Delhi should reflect mutual interests and sensitivities.
• Saudi officials reaffirmed that relations with India are "more robust than ever," while Pakistan’s delegation included Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and senior ministers.
• The signing followed Israel’s strike in Doha and an emergency Arab League–OIC session, and Pakistan’s defence minister said other Arab states could join the pact.