The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India (MEA) said on Thursday it is analyzing the recent “meaning” Mutual defense agreement Between national security between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reached a landmark common defense agreement under which any aggression against a country will be considered an attack on both. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense” on Wednesday at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.
The military confrontation between India and Pakistan recently occurred in May because there is no evidence for the former. Link Pahalgam attack in Islamabad Strongly deny allegations. From the evening of May 6 to 7, New Delhi emission A series of air strikes on Pakistan, killing at least 40 civilians. The two sides then exchanged missiles. Stretch In one week, before the US agent Ceasefire Both sides agreed to stop hostilities.
“We will examine the impact of this development on our national security and regional and global stability,” the MEA India said in a statement on today’s development.
It added that the Indian government has realized that this development is being considered “long-term arrangements between the two countries”.
Since the two countries were carved from British colonies in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought three major wars.
After both of them acquired nuclear weapons in the late 1990s, their conflict was even more limited due to the dangers of nuclear assets.
At the end of Prime Minister Shebaz’s one-day state visit, the agreement “reflects the shared commitment of the two countries to enhance their security and to achieve security and achieve security and speed in the world”, according to the text of a joint statement issued simultaneously by Islamabad and Riyadh.
“(IT) aims to develop all aspects of defense cooperation between the two countries and strengthen a common deterrence against any aggression,” the SARS statement without details.
Importantly, the text emphasizes that “any aggression against any country should be regarded as an aggression against both”.
The timing of the agreement follows Arab Summit This marks a shift to collective security- Israel’s attack About Qatar – It implies that it originates from current world affairs and reflects the defense concerns of both countries.
The agreement marks the most important escalation in Pakistan-Sudi defense ties over decades. The cooperation between the two countries dates back to 1967 and deepened after the Grand Mosque in 1979 attackWhen Pakistani special forces helped Saudi forces recover the mosque Al-Haram.
In 1982, the two sides adopted a bilateral security cooperation agreement to enable security relations to enable Pakistan to train, consult and support and deployment on Saudi soil. Sometimes as many as 20,000 Pakistani troops are stationed in the Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia becomes the main buyer of Pakistan-made weapons.
In recent years, such partnerships have caused a urgency due to regional instability. In February, a meeting of the Joint Military Cooperation Commission of Riyadh promised to expand training and exchanges.
The new contract formally demonstrates a long-standing commitment in practice, thus creating some analysts who are actually joint defense umbrellas, although details of the agreement are not disclosed.
For Pakistan, the agreement provides strategic and economic benefits. It received significant Saudi investment and funding in a time of financial pressure, while strengthening Islamabad’s position as a provider of pan-Islamic security.
For Saudi Arabia, it strengthened its defense against Iran, the threat from Houthi militias and regional unrest caused by Israel’s genocide operations in Gaza and the aggression of other nearby countries. The Israeli attacks against the Doha Hamas delegation exacerbated the urgency of the agreement that had been discussed for some time.
Pakistan’s earlier defense alignments, such as the Cold War-era agreements with the United States and Sito and the Center, have long eroded. Islamabad’s partnership with China, Tukuye and other Gulf countries remains important, but lacks binding common defense clauses.
Against this backdrop, Wednesday’s signing represents Pakistan’s most tense formal defensive commitment in decades, with its security role not hesitating to connect it with the ever-evolving strategic building.
