Analysis of Saudi Arabia Defense Pact

The important thing that is happening is actually the Mecca Defense Agreement,

the Mecca Defense Pact, the news of which came out today.

Let's show the AP news image, guys,

and hear the explanation from Mr. Nima.

The defense pact between Saudi Arabia,

Turkey and Pakistan has been signed.

This agreement— well, this was the initial

news that came out— this agreement stipulates that Yes, now it stipulates.

Before this, Vahid was in front of me, so it didn't.

This agreement stipulates that an armed attack against any of these three countries,

namely Saudi Arabia,

Pakistan, and Turkey, will be considered an attack against all of them.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that this agreement was signed

during a meeting in Saudi Arabia between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

In a statement, the ministry said this agreement

is designed to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression.

I think we have the details now.

Nima can provide additional explanations about what this is.

Let me say, regarding the statement they released— please keep this, I need it.

They said, first of all, that the agreement is the result of

long- term diplomatic efforts.

At least we, whose job is this and who know the regional news and trends,

hadn't read about this anywhere.

Either it was completely confidential, or, as it seems, it's a rushed effort

precisely at this time when Saudi Arabia also got into conflict with Yemen,

and also bombed the positions of the Iraqi resistance forces,

and the Iraqis had very clearly

and openly announced that from the 23rd of Safar— meaning because of Arbaeen,

we won't respond to Saudi Arabia,

but we will respond after the 23rd of Safar.

We will also get to the developments in Iraq,

as statements have now been issued saying, for example, we are holding off for now,

for reasons that require their own explanation.

This seems more like— we don't have definitive

proof— over what timeframe and how long the whole process took, that it was a

rushed diplomatic effort.

The second part is that the collective defense treaty— look,

this is just dressing up buying foreign aid to preserve territorial integrity.

It is nothing more than this, that can be said 100%.

Saudi Arabia is the rich man among Turkey, Pakistan, and you,

it is considered the rich guy.

How can we understand that this is not and will not be a collective defense treaty?

A clear example is Pakistan, in just the last year or two,

Pakistan has fought with both India and Afghanistan.

Now, next week, as usual, or in another month, it will clash with Afghanistan again.

Is there really anyone in the world who follows geopolitical news and says,' Oh,

now, the Taliban is afraid,

saying Saudi Arabia will step in... ... to help Pakistan and attack us'?

If you tell this to the Taliban government, they'd faint from laughter that Saudi

Arabia is supposedly going to help the Taliban.

Or is Saudi Arabia really going to go and help Pakistan in a conflict with India?

Against India? Or is Turkey going to take action against India?

Yes. Or don't the Turks have a history of conflict with the Greeks?

They are clashing again now,

or they are in conflict with Kurdish groups in Iraq.

Is Saudi Arabia really going to go and conduct operations there?

No, it's not like that.

This is definitely a monetary pact where Saudi Arabia is voluntarily giving money;

they used to give money to Pakistan before.

To defend it, to do things for it.

I don't know the exact reality, but I know they have bases there,

I know their officers are there, at least working in training.

Sudanese forces were supposed to be deployed there, especially on the Yemeni border,

but they didn't even agree to that, in the logistics lines. Yes, because after all,

it's costly for Pakistan to deploy there and clash with the Yemenis,

they would suffer casualties like any other army.

Meaning that collective defense pacts and such…

Didn't Saudi Arabia and Pakistan already have a defense pact? In all…

Look, it's right in front of me, this September 17, 2025 defense pact,

a statement that SMDA,

Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia,

and the statement of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the exact wording is:"

Any aggression against either country will be considered aggression against both."

Well, we've seen recently that Saudi Arabia has been targeted time and

again by various parties,

and well, we didn't see, for example— I mean, that's not the assumption at all.

Pakistan also issued a statement,

calling on the various parties to exercise restraint.

Yes, well, so what? Then what for?

Because some were saying that Pakistan would now use an atomic bomb in defense of,

say, Pakistan— Saudi Arabia. Because that was an assumption back then, after all.

Look at this side of it,

imagine India and Pakistan get into a conflict in another week,

just like the dozens of times they've clashed before.

Does anyone really think Saudi Arabia will set off and attack India now? No.

It was important for us to look at their statement again; we read the statement,

Saudi Arabia issued a statement calling for restraint. Yes.

Meaning both have happened, meaning both sides... So we have one thing.

Either behind the scenes this is just a diplomatic move to pose a threat,

to give it some weight, and the day war breaks out,

you'll see you're dealing with an empty drum, Or the second scenario is likely,

where Pakistan and Turkey get paid to go and defend Saudi Arabia if it is attacked.

Look, Turkey, which is already...

and Pakistan, which itself is defined as being far above this militarily,

defined as being much, much higher. Turkey is a NATO member.

I mean, does it really need Saudi Arabia to go and defend it?

Look, excuse me, but this collective defense is really nonsense when it

comes to Turkey, which is a NATO member,

and a nuclear Pakistan with that huge population,

which is a strategic ally of China.

I mean, it's really absurd to ask in what area Saudi Arabia is

supposed to defend them.

So, the story is that you are saying...