Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Deepen Ties With Mutual Defense Deal

Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan elevated their long-standing security partnership by signing a mutual defense pact, stating that “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both.”

The deal was signed on Wednesday between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was on a state visit to Riyadh, the kingdom’s capital.