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Pakistan committed to Saudi defence agreement in ‘intent and spirit’: FO

Pakistan Published 17 September 2026, 13:37 · archived 17 Sep 2026

Pakistan is committed to implementing the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) with Saudi Arabia and the trilateral Makkah Defence Alliance, but operational details of any military response will remain confidential, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on Thursday. Responding to a question at his weekly briefing, the FO spokesperson said Pakistan was committed to the agreements “in intent and spirit”, but details regarding when, how and where force would be used, against which objectives and through what means required operational confidentiality. “Operational matters ...

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