Overview
- Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the talks, reports Ankara is close to joining the 2025 Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
- The pact is described as carrying a collective‑defense clause that treats an attack on one signatory as an attack on all, echoing NATO’s Article 5.
- Turkey and Saudi Arabia held their first‑ever naval meeting in Ankara recently, a sign of deepening military engagement as officials decline public comment on the talks.
- Analysts say a Turkey–Pakistan–Saudi alignment would combine Turkey’s large conventional military and defense industry with Pakistan’s nuclear and missile forces and Saudi financial resources.
- Key details remain unclear, including command structures, any nuclear‑related obligations, and how Turkey’s NATO membership would interact with a new framework, while India is assessing potential security effects.