From Israel to India: How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact is redrawing power lines
From Israel to India: How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact is redrawing power lines
Such was the magnitude of the security pact signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan this week that there was even a song released alongside it.
“Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, brothers in faith,” the lyrics sang in Arabic. “An alliance of hearts and a single sword in the field.”
Just days after nearly 60 officials from Muslim-majority states met in Doha to jointly respond to Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital, a pact was agreed between these two “brothers in faith”.
A Saudi official insisted that talks had been ongoing for years and the deal was not in response to specific countries or events.
But the timing, days after Israel’s unprecedented strike on a Gulf country, is noteworthy.
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