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- Sep 17, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Sign a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement
- Mohammed bin Salman received Shehbaz Sharif at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on 17 September 2025, where they signed the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement[1]
- The joint statement says the pact aims to 'strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression' and that 'any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both'[1]
- It builds on a partnership of nearly eight decades and 'close defense cooperation' between the two countries[1]
- It followed Israel's 9 September 2025 strikes in Doha, which analysts said shook Gulf confidence in US protection[2]
- In August 2026 the pact was widened to include Türkiye in the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement[3]
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- [1]90%mofa.gov.pk/press-releases/joint-statement-on-the-state-visit-of-prime-minister-of-the-islamic-republic-of-pakistan-muhammad-shehbaz-sharif-to-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabiamofa.gov.pk· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 17, 2025 ✓· 31% of score
Pakistan's joint statement: the prime minister 'paid a state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 25/3/1447H, corresponding to 17 September 2025', where the two leaders 'signed the "Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement"'.
- [2]72%Strategic Mutual Defence Agreementen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 31% of score
Says the pact was signed at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on 17 September 2025 and links it to Gulf unease after Israel's 9 September 2025 strikes in Doha.[1]
- [3]72%Mecca Joint Defence Agreementen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 31% of score
Says the trilateral Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Turkey pact signed on 7 August 2026 builds on the September 2025 SMDA.[1]
- [4]85%Saudi Arabia signs mutual defence pact with nuclear-armed Pakistanaljazeera.com· Published Sep 17, 2025· 7% of score
Reports the signing in Riyadh on Wednesday 17 September 2025, quoting the joint statement via the Saudi Press Agency that the pact aims to 'strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression'.[1]
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