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[00:00:02] TV speaks to the
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[00:00:26] of of Joining you with the latest. the
[00:00:30] hour, I'm Rafiq Iqbal. Let's see the top
[00:00:35] of of stories.
[00:00:47] Nationwide celebrations mark a historic Makka joint defense agreement
[00:00:51] between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkia. The celebration will
[00:00:55] continue until Monday with a public and private buildings
[00:00:59] of eliminated in green and red
[00:01:00] lights.
[00:01:07] Islamabad is beautifully eliminated as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and
[00:01:11] Turkey mark
[00:01:12] of the signing
[00:01:14] of of the Makka joint defense agreement. The special decorations across the federal capital reflect the strong bonds of
[00:01:18] brotherhood, mutual trust, defense cooperation and shared
[00:01:21] resolve amongst the
[00:01:22] of three
[00:01:22] countries.
[00:01:30] Turkish singer Mustapha Ak releases a commemorative
[00:01:32] of song
[00:01:33] of celebrating the historic joint defense agreement signed by Turkia, Saudi Arabia
[00:01:37] and
[00:01:37] of Pakistan. Song highlights unity and strategic partnership amongst the
[00:01:41] three nations
[00:01:42] of portraying the agreement as a symbol of collective strength and cooperation
[00:01:46] linking the middle east and
[00:01:51] of Asia. Indian media Outlet India today
[00:01:54] of acknowledges Pakistan's strategic interest in the Maka joint defense park with Saudi Arabia
[00:01:58] and Turkey describing The agreement is an important development for
[00:02:02] Pakistan.
[00:02:09] Leading global media outlet South Asian voices say Pakistan played a key
[00:02:13] mediating role in easing tensions between the US and Iran,
[00:02:17] helping bring senior officials from both the countries to direct talks in
[00:02:20] Islamabad.
[00:02:31] Iranian president says Tehran is ready for dialogue with the
[00:02:35] US and Europe, but will not accept demands that compromise around
[00:02:38] sovereignty or
[00:02:40] of defensive
[00:02:40] capabilities.
[00:02:51] Security forces kill seven terrorists belonging to Indian sponsored fitnal
[00:02:55] Quad during an IBO in Hangu district, while
[00:02:58] of Captain Hamzak from Peidal. ultimate sacrifice and embraced martterdom during
[00:03:02] fire
[00:03:05] of exchange
[00:03:24] of
[00:03:36] Now for the news in
[00:03:37] of detail, of some very important developments on the
[00:03:39] a diplomatic front regarding that celebrations across
[00:03:43] Pakistan, regarding the historic success
[00:03:45] of the Mecca joint defense agreement
[00:03:47] of between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
[00:03:50] of Celebrations being held across the country from today until Monday with public and private buildings
[00:03:54] eliminated in green and red lights. Colors
[00:03:57] of the flags
[00:03:57] of the three countries are also being prominently. played on buildings as
[00:04:01] of Pakistan of marks the
[00:04:05] a of landmark defense agreement.
[00:04:12] The federal capital has been beautifully decorated on the Eve of Makka joint defense
[00:04:16] agreement between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Special decoration
[00:04:20] of federal capital is beautiful manifestation of brotherhood, mutual trust,
[00:04:24] defense cooperation and common determination between the three.
[00:04:28] Let's move over to our correspondent.
[00:04:39] of
[00:04:53] of of
[00:04:59] of one is the security of all. The
[00:05:02] city has been decorated with national flags of
[00:05:06] of Pakistan, Turkey
[00:05:07] and Saudi
[00:05:07] of Arabia. Special LED screens have been installed all
[00:05:11] across the capital. highlighting the historic brotherly
[00:05:15] relations, mutual cooperation and shared defense
[00:05:18] commitment between the three brotherly Islamic
[00:05:21] nations. Constitution Avenue is adoned with lights of
[00:05:25] green and red color, adding even more beauti to
[00:05:28] Islamabad. Special LED screens have been installed at key
[00:05:32] locations. The messages displayed on the LED reflects the
[00:05:36] significance the Macca joint defense agreement
[00:05:40] and the strengthening ties between. is
[00:05:46] This beautiful special decoration expression of brotherhood, mutual
[00:05:50] trust, defense corporation and shared
[00:05:53] resolve. Pakistan TV,
[00:05:57] Islamabad. The Turkish singer
[00:06:00] Mustapha Aqif released a commemorative song celebrating the historic Makka joint
[00:06:04] defense pack signed by Turkey Arabian and
[00:06:07] Pakistan.
[00:06:41] the turkish. song released by the singer, it
[00:06:44] commemorates the celebration the defense
[00:06:47] agreement and also highlights the unity and strategic partnership amongst the
[00:06:50] three nations portraying the agreement as a symbol of collective strength and
[00:06:54] cooperation linking the middle east and Asia. lyrics describe the parked as
[00:06:58] a shield of solidarity and a commitment to justice
[00:07:01] reflecting the significance the trilateral
[00:07:04] partnership.
[00:07:57] media Outlet India today Saudi acknowledged Arabia Pakistan and
[00:08:00] strategic Turkey describing the agreement is an important development for
[00:08:03] Pakistan. Reports at defense integration, joint military
[00:08:06] exercises and technology transfers could enhance Pakistan's defense
[00:08:10] capabilities, while intelligent. sharing and joint defense production could
[00:08:14] further strengthen its preparedness, adding that the pack could facilitate
[00:08:18] Pakistan's access to Turkey as advanced drin technology and electronic
[00:08:22] Warfare capabilities. According to the report, Saudi Arabia's
[00:08:26] financial support and Turkia's defense technology are key strategic
[00:08:30] benefits for Pakistan from the trilateral
[00:08:32] cooperation.
[00:08:38] Pakistan played a key mediating role in easing tensions between US and Iran.
[00:08:42] and peace talks were held in Islamabad, leading global media
[00:08:46] leaders, south Asian voices noted, pakistan played a key role in bringing the
[00:08:50] US and iron to negotiating table, and senior officials from b
[00:08:54] countries held direct talks in Islamabad. It also highlighted
[00:08:57] Pakistan established contact between the US and Iran a time when both the
[00:09:01] sides had reached a stage of severe tensions and mutual losses,
[00:09:05] saying that Pakistan's geographic position and ties with both the US and
[00:09:09] Iran gave it a unique position for effective mediation. Rather than
[00:09:13] pressuring the parties, Pakistan leveraged access, trust and timely
[00:09:16] diplomacy. Moreover, it said Pakistan successfully
[00:09:20] mediated between the US and Iran, bringing a global power and
[00:09:24] major regional power to the negotiating table, and Pakistan played a
[00:09:28] diplomatic role that even major powers such as China, France,
[00:09:31] Germany, India and the UK could not
[00:09:34] play.
[00:09:40] Well, that's the latest we
[00:09:41] had the moment. For more news and updates, you can always go to our website and our social media
[00:09:45] handles. It's a goodbye from my side and entire news team. Take
[00:09:48] care.
[00:10:26] Hello and welcome to unfold, I am in today's show we are going
[00:10:30] to have two different segments, the first will primarily focus on the
[00:10:33] trilateralization the defense cooperation between Pakistan,
[00:10:37] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey as the three have
[00:10:40] signed the joint defense agreement,
[00:10:44] what is the significance of this particular agreement and also what are going to
[00:10:47] be the implications as far as the wider regional security is concerned.
[00:10:51] In the second segment we are going to talk about Pakistan.
[00:10:55] authorities operation against the resurgence of
[00:10:58] terrorism, especially in the wake the kabul takeover by the Afghan Taliban
[00:11:02] back in 2021, we have seen Pakistan
[00:11:05] authorities going through the intelligence based
[00:11:09] operations uprooting the networks,
[00:11:12] eliminating targets both within the
[00:11:16] country as well as going kinatic with there are
[00:11:19] safe heavens in Afghanistan as well, what is the
[00:11:23] strategy the Pakistani? authority authorities at this point in time
[00:11:27] will be delving deeper into that also. Let's
[00:11:31] begin with the first segment of today's show. As I have already
[00:11:35] mentioned, the trilateralization the defense cooperation when it
[00:11:38] comes to Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
[00:11:42] We saw the three countries signed an
[00:11:45] agreement, the joint defense
[00:11:48] agreement. Um, now it
[00:11:50] basically has the very important provision which
[00:11:54] talks. of any armed attack against any these three
[00:11:58] countries will be considered attack against all
[00:12:02] three, what does that actually mean, what does that actually
[00:12:05] signif and what are going to be the manifestations and the
[00:12:09] implications of this particular provision also.
[00:12:13] now going a little back in time, back in
[00:12:16] 2025 we saw there was a signing
[00:12:19] the mutual defense agreement
[00:12:22] between kingdom of Saudi Arabia. and Pakistan
[00:12:26] back in September 2025, is it the extension or
[00:12:30] expansion from that particular agreement between kingdom of Saudi
[00:12:34] Arabia and Pakistan, now we have seen the inclusion
[00:12:38] of turkey. now given this situation that has
[00:12:42] developed and unfolded over the last five months in the middle east
[00:12:46] with the kind of threat that we have seen to the maritime roots, also
[00:12:50] attacks on the energy infrastructure in the gulf, also
[00:12:54] the kind of high hand as by certain elements over there,
[00:12:57] most primarily when we talk about the war which is going on between
[00:13:01] the US and Iran, also the Israeli factor in
[00:13:05] that, amid all that, the timing of this agreement
[00:13:09] is very crucial, what does that particularly signif as
[00:13:12] well, what sort of a broader message is is sending
[00:13:16] within the region and also globally will be trying to take the
[00:13:20] perspective from Saudi Arabia, from Pakistan as well
[00:13:23] as from Turkey. Also there are certain very
[00:13:27] important questions which are related to this particular signing the
[00:13:30] agreement, when we talk about the external guarantees
[00:13:34] of security within the Middle Eastern region, is it the
[00:13:38] diversification happening because it all dependent
[00:13:41] on the United States of America given the conflict which is ongoing between Iran
[00:13:45] and the US, are the regional countries taking the
[00:13:48] responsibility their security now more
[00:13:52] and also how do you we will be
[00:13:56] trying to understand how certain
[00:14:00] elements, for example when you talk about the Israeli factor when we talk about
[00:14:03] Iran and also the United States of America,
[00:14:07] how their possible reaction could be, we haven't seen any sort of an official
[00:14:11] comment from the US, as of yet, neither we have seen
[00:14:15] any sort of an official comment from the Israeli side, there has been a little bit of
[00:14:19] hint when we talk about the Iranian side which on the face of
[00:14:23] it has actually well. this particular signing the
[00:14:27] agreement framing it with the Muslim Unity also
[00:14:31] given the fact how the situation is developing in the middle east
[00:14:34] visavy US and Iran, there is another
[00:14:38] very pertinent question, whether this
[00:14:42] particular collective deterrence is going evolve
[00:14:46] into dialogue and more engagement, creating wider
[00:14:50] regional security and stability. These are going to be the key
[00:14:53] questions in today's. show for that we are honored to being joined by Dr.
[00:14:57] Jamil Khan is a ambassador. Dr. Jamil Khan, thank you very much for being with
[00:15:01] us on the show tonight, really appreciate that.
[00:15:04] Also we are honored to being joined by Miss
[00:15:08] Leann Jarens, she is a presenter at al arabia
[00:15:11] English. Lee, thank you very much
[00:15:13] for your time also for being with us on the show tonight, really appreciate that.
[00:15:17] I'll begin the discussion with you, Lee, now
[00:15:19] basically first of all give us an
[00:15:23] understanding the Saudi perspective. how this particular agreement
[00:15:27] is being seen and received within Saudi Arabia,
[00:15:31] what does Saudi Arabia at the end the day get it? we know for fact,
[00:15:35] there was already a mutual defense. agreement between Pakistan
[00:15:39] and Saudi Arabia that was signed back in 2025,
[00:15:42] so having already that agreement, why there was a
[00:15:46] need, the saudis thought that they would try lateralize
[00:15:50] it,
[00:15:50] and what does the inclusion of turkey in this particular
[00:15:54] agreement mean for
[00:15:55] saudis? thank you so much
[00:15:59] for having me on, yes, of course we see this historic agreement which was
[00:16:03] signed yesterday between, as you said Saudi Arabia, Pakistan.
[00:16:08] and and Turkey and one thing that they are saying is this
[00:16:11] agreement is not an agreement targeted at any
[00:16:15] other one country, so they're making that very clear.
[00:16:19] this agreement right now, we don't have so many details about it, we know it
[00:16:23] was signed in Mecca, we obviously know almost a year ago
[00:16:27] um Saudi Arabia did sign another agreement with Pakistan,
[00:16:31] but bringing Turkey in is also quite a significant moment
[00:16:35] for this trilateral deal. because it it signals
[00:16:39] the timing of things, it's a significant commitment between the
[00:16:43] three big muslim power houses that we do see in the middle
[00:16:47] east, and we must remember something, Turke is of
[00:16:50] course also part the Middle East, so it's split between Europe
[00:16:54] and the Middle East, so bringing Turkey and brings in also
[00:16:57] a lot of military commitment, and
[00:17:01] Turkey have been building drones, submarines,
[00:17:04] ships, they have the second largest. in the
[00:17:08] NATO alliance and also Turkey and
[00:17:11] Pakistan border Iran, so is sending a
[00:17:15] signal clearly to Iran that now
[00:17:18] attack on one the three countries in this agreement is
[00:17:22] attack on all countries, and we must remember it's
[00:17:25] significant because as you mentioned it too, things in the region have
[00:17:29] shifted over the last year and the last few months due
[00:17:33] to the Iran war, we obviously had the...
[00:17:37] west who was the soul guaranteeur of security in the middle east since
[00:17:41] the first gold war, the first golf war,
[00:17:44] apologies, and now we do see that there are
[00:17:48] limitations to that security, and that has been highlighted over
[00:17:52] the last few months, so the timing of this is also
[00:17:55] imperative. right, so early, if we try to
[00:17:58] take an analysis regarding us to what the Iranian reaction, there has been
[00:18:02] a hint by the foreign minister, Mr. Abbas
[00:18:05] Aragi. now, he's they've tried to frame
[00:18:09] it from the lens of Muslim
[00:18:12] unity, how how do you analyze
[00:18:16] this particular reaction on the part the Iranians, because you have already
[00:18:20] mentioned, it's a signal collectively from
[00:18:23] Turkia, king of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan towards Iran as per
[00:18:27] your understanding, so given that view of yours, how do
[00:18:31] you analyze this reaction with the Iranian
[00:18:32] side? it was an agreement signed
[00:18:36] in Mecca, so there has been a lot of analysis and
[00:18:40] lot of pointing towards the fact that this is a big
[00:18:44] agreement that is focused on regional security,
[00:18:48] so it doesn't add the US into the agreement, so
[00:18:51] there has been a focus on the fact where it was signed and taking the religion
[00:18:55] into consideration, but I think moving away from
[00:18:59] that, this does send a signal to Iran and its
[00:19:02] proxies that it really needs to look its policies and its
[00:19:06] aggression towards it. neighbors, which we have seen since
[00:19:10] February, since the US and Israeli first attacked
[00:19:13] Iran, the aggression towards the golf neighbors is
[00:19:17] something that has become absolutely apparent, so I
[00:19:21] do think this cl sends a clear strong message more than anything
[00:19:25] to Iran, yes they can try and frame it as part the
[00:19:28] Muslim um access, but I i don't think that's
[00:19:32] particularly exactly what this agreement is looking to do,
[00:19:36] it's looking to warn a... that if it continues its
[00:19:39] aggression towards neighbors, it now has
[00:19:43] different security blanket it has to take
[00:19:47] into consideration because Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey
[00:19:50] are now a joint alliance, which is extremely important to
[00:19:54] remember, and many analysts here in Saudi Arabia have told me this pact is
[00:19:58] really important because once again it highlights that we're
[00:20:02] regionalizing security in light of this war
[00:20:06] with Iran, which is... also extremely important because remember, if
[00:20:10] we've got these three countries who have joined this trilateral
[00:20:13] agreement, it covers huge and vast geographical space
[00:20:17] from east asia to the corners of Europe, and those really
[00:20:21] strategic choke holds, babamenzem straight and of course the straight
[00:20:25] of Homus, and we have seen Iran constantly try to
[00:20:29] choke those straight holds in order to put economic
[00:20:32] pressure on the Gulf countries to pressure the US
[00:20:36] into finding a... dramatic offramp:
[00:20:40] so that that brings us to very interesting
[00:20:43] scenario, going little back in time, we
[00:20:47] saw there was a mediation carried out by china when it came to
[00:20:51] reproachma or reestablishment the diplomatic relations
[00:20:54] between kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran. One thing that
[00:20:58] you
[00:20:58] have just pointed out in your view regarding as to the kind of
[00:21:02] acts in retaliation what the Iranians refer to
[00:21:06] they have carried out during this conflict that is unfolding
[00:21:09] against the US targeting certain
[00:21:12] infrastructure and also those vessels
[00:21:16] the gulf nations most particularly when we talk about kingdom of Saudi.
[00:21:20] Arabia, but during this entire conflict we have seen
[00:21:24] that segaciousness on the part the Saudis,
[00:21:27] they they they try, they've tried their utmost not to be
[00:21:31] dragged into this particular conflict which has been going on from almost more than
[00:21:35] four five months between Iran and the US, having
[00:21:39] said that, we do
[00:21:42] understand
[00:21:44] there, there must be, there might be some sort of friction despite
[00:21:48] that reproochma between Iran. and Saudi Arabia having
[00:21:51] said that, what brings Turkey into it? we we
[00:21:55] haven't seen any sort of a friction as far as the bilateral
[00:21:58] relationship between Turkey and Iran is concerned, and also when
[00:22:02] we talk about Pakistan scenario, Pakistan has played a pivot role as a
[00:22:06] mediator having equally good relations with Iran as well as the
[00:22:10] US during this particular conflict, so how do you
[00:22:14] analyze this entire, I mean situation as it
[00:22:17] is, when you refer to again, uh that perhaps it
[00:22:21] is a signal to Iran. It's very difficult
[00:22:25] right now because we don't have the exact details the agreements,
[00:22:28] so analysis is just what we are thinking at the
[00:22:32] moment, but right now I think what's happening is we
[00:22:36] see more and more that Iran is dealing
[00:22:38] diplomatically with the Gulf countries with
[00:22:42] Oman, we see they trying to reach that agreement with the straight
[00:22:46] of Homus. Of course we've also seen Qatar involve.
[00:22:50] in the negotiations too, and Pakistan has been a big player in
[00:22:54] those negotiations. We know Saudi and Pakistan have close
[00:22:58] ties, so my feeling is behind the scenes everybody is
[00:23:02] working together to try to find an off ramp to
[00:23:05] what's happening in the Middle East, because a prolonged
[00:23:09] conflict will hurt the countries when it comes to
[00:23:12] energy, economies, and what they're looking at right now
[00:23:16] is as they try to reach this deal in the... countries at the
[00:23:20] moment we're living in this no peace, no war situation,
[00:23:24] it's almost a little bit of a stalemate, and I think what everyone's
[00:23:28] looking to do is try to find an off-ramp in order to
[00:23:32] find some kind of framework and able to be able
[00:23:36] to work with Iran to reach a peace deal at some
[00:23:40] point. We have been hearing that deal on the straight of homoz is
[00:23:43] nearing, that deal is still not through yet, but we do know
[00:23:47] that all the parties are working hard. an order for
[00:23:51] that deal to be reached and to be agreed to by the United
[00:23:55] States, because if Iran puts tools or service fees on the
[00:23:59] straight of homose, we know that's something the US doesn't
[00:24:02] necessarily want to um do deal with, and they
[00:24:06] don't want to pay the tools, so we're trying to find an agreement on
[00:24:09] that at the moment, but I think what's important to highlight is
[00:24:13] Saudi Diplomats have been speaking here and said the deal is not
[00:24:17] aimed to establish new military act. and it's
[00:24:21] a based a collective defensive and deterrence
[00:24:25] agreement, so I think adding Turkey in, which
[00:24:28] has relationship with Iran, Pakistan
[00:24:32] who's mediating, and Saudi Arabia, this could be a
[00:24:35] real positive path to peace when we look at the countries
[00:24:39] that are involved in this trilateral agreement, because there is
[00:24:43] channels open to Iran through
[00:24:46] Pakistan, the very important.
[00:24:50] points that you have made, please stay with us, I'll come back to you for number of
[00:24:54] other points also, I think we were joined, but I'll go back to the other
[00:24:58] participant later during our conversation, coming back to you once
[00:25:01] again, now okay, so
[00:25:04] regarding Turkey, now Turkey on one
[00:25:08] side happens to be the member of NATO, as for the
[00:25:12] article five of NATO, the North Atlantic treaty
[00:25:15] organization, the article five, now this
[00:25:19] provision, which was pretty much part of that
[00:25:22] mutual defense agreement between Pakistan and Saudi
[00:25:25] Arabia, that seems synonymous to the very article
[00:25:29] five the NATO, right? so that collective defense.
[00:25:33] now in this case, if any sort of
[00:25:36] action that happens against any
[00:25:40] these three countries, what could be the likely manifestations
[00:25:44] of that? also, also associated with this
[00:25:47] one is once, Turkey is the member
[00:25:51] of NATO right, it is protected by
[00:25:55] that article five the NATO as well, so why
[00:25:59] would uh turkey go? and
[00:26:02] become the part of this particular agreement given that it is
[00:26:06] already producted by a bigger military
[00:26:09] alliance? yes, this is a question that I have been
[00:26:12] asking analysts myself here in in Saudi Arabia, because as you
[00:26:16] say, Turke is of course part of NATO, the big European
[00:26:20] defensive alliance, and now they have signed this
[00:26:24] trilateral Mecca agreement, but I think a lot of it comes down
[00:26:28] to, as I've said before, we seeing this real change in
[00:26:32] security. urity in the Middle East, we're seeing instability
[00:26:35] here at the moment, and I think many countries within the Middle
[00:26:39] East are really rethinking their
[00:26:43] agreement and security strategies, because as I said
[00:26:46] before, the U.S. of course has proven that there is
[00:26:50] some insufficiencies in what we've seen across the Gulf
[00:26:54] region. I did speak to few military analysts yesterday and I
[00:26:58] asked them this exact question on Turkey and NATO, will the...
[00:27:02] effect Turkey's membership in NATO and they said NATO
[00:27:06] is largely European, that's something that we must remember, it's a European
[00:27:10] defense alliance, it's also defense alliance, so
[00:27:14] it's very much along the same tracks of this agreement that we've seen
[00:27:18] in Mecca, but once again Turkey is in
[00:27:21] Europe, but also it's the eastern side
[00:27:25] the Middle East, so we see Turkey now
[00:27:28] becoming really more involved in Middle East fairs and that have
[00:27:32] been so focused on Europe, so expanding,
[00:27:36] um, that's what it's trying to do, expand its defense
[00:27:39] capabilities, and many analysts in this region actually
[00:27:43] don't foresee this as being a conflict at all for
[00:27:46] Turkey, and I think that is something that we're looking at right now,
[00:27:50] and you know also, I think US president Donald Trump is of course
[00:27:54] come into power in the last second term of his
[00:27:58] and and NATO's been really high on the agenda and we all
[00:28:01] know. thing President Donald Trump has said time and time again is he
[00:28:05] wants European countries to step up to pay more
[00:28:09] for the defense, to secure their borders, to not completely
[00:28:13] rely on the US. So when I look at this trilateral agreement,
[00:28:17] I actually think it's something that President Donald Trump and
[00:28:20] America might actually think this is a good
[00:28:24] agreement because there have been speculation that
[00:28:28] munitions are running low when it comes to US munitions due
[00:28:31] to the... Iran war, so actually the US could see this
[00:28:35] as a real positive step for regional
[00:28:38] security. Right, that was exactly the
[00:28:42] question that I was about to come to you for your understanding,
[00:28:45] but you have already answered, so it was great having you once again in our
[00:28:49] show tonight, Lee and Jarens presenter al arabia english, thank you very
[00:28:53] much for taking time out for on fold tonight, really appreciate that,
[00:28:57] and now we are honored to being joined by another participant, Dr. Furqan halit Yulchu,
[00:29:01] his expert middle east. as Dr. Thank you very much for your time for being
[00:29:05] with us on unfold tonight, we really appreciate that
[00:29:08] question that I asked lay a short while
[00:29:12] ago as well, the same question
[00:29:14] to you, we know for fact there was a
[00:29:18] mutual strategic mutual defense agreement between Pakistan and
[00:29:21] Saudi Arabia that was signed back in 2025, at the same
[00:29:25] time in know for fact the Turkey is the member of
[00:29:29] NATO, it is well protected by the article of
[00:29:32] NATO, the collective defense, if an armed attack happens
[00:29:36] against one the members of NATO, it would be considered attack on the rest the members
[00:29:40] of NATO, but similar sort of provision was the part of
[00:29:44] that agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and now Turkey has been included into
[00:29:48] it, so given that umbrella the protection under NATO is article
[00:29:52] five, why was there a need felt by
[00:29:56] Turkey to become the part of this trilateral agreement that gives
[00:29:59] us the same provision the protection if any? armed attack against one
[00:30:03] these happens, it would be considered against
[00:30:06] all.
[00:30:08] yeah, i think it's it
[00:30:12] should be about a war that's been going on in the middle east for the
[00:30:16] recent years, yeah, and this is Iran, United
[00:30:19] States and Israel,
[00:30:23] tripartite war, if if you want to call
[00:30:25] it, as these actors are
[00:30:28] attacking each other from time to time,
[00:30:32] bombing the premises or bombing
[00:30:36] auxiliary, maybe sometimes
[00:30:40] partnering countries, sometimes logistics, sometimes
[00:30:44] other means financially or otherwise,
[00:30:47] these three countries are now in war for more
[00:30:51] than almost two years and i think the
[00:30:55] countries the region are now preparing for something that can
[00:30:58] prevent at.