A mutual defence pact reached on Wednesday between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is open to the accession of other Arab states, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said.
Speaking to Geo TV in an interview late Thursday night, Asif denied any prior coordination with the United States regarding the agreement.
It marked the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the kingdom under its nuclear umbrella.
The two countries signed a defence deal on Wednesday declaring that an attack on one nation would be an attack on both.
Neither country has responded to questions about what the pact means regarding Saudi access to Pakistani nuclear protection.
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