Pakistan claims new military pact with Saudi and Turkey is ‘defensive’

PAKISTAN’S foreign minister said on Sunday that a new defence agreement his country signed with Saudi Arabia and Turkey was not directed against any country and remained open to other nations in the region. The landmark Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the three countries seek to deepen security co-operation amid heightened tensions between the…