Turkey Rules Out Multilateral Defence Pact With Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
Turkey has ruled out any multilateral mutual defence agreement involving Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, clarifying that its defence engagement with both countries remains strictly bilateral and strategic. Ankara has made it clear that it is not considering a Pakistan–Saudi–Turkey security pact.
According to Turkish military and security sources, Pakistan’s military is already stretched along multiple fronts, including the India, Afghanistan, and Iran borders, as well as internal security operations. Additional obligations in a trilateral defence framework would be impractical. Saudi Arabia, they noted, also favors bilateral arrangements over a multilateral pact.
Sources further highlighted Pakistan’s reliance on Chinese military technology, particularly for air defence systems, and its limited economic resources, which constrain defence modernisation. These factors make a trilateral defence bloc unfeasible for both Pakistan and Turkey.
Despite rejecting a collective pact, Turkey emphasized that its defence ties with Pakistan remain strong, including cooperation in military hardware, drones, and air defence systems, with both sides pursuing strategic objectives through ongoing bilateral collaboration.
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