Turkey: Saudi-Pakistan Pact Not Targeting Iran
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- Hakan Fidan clarified Saturday that the Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan agreement is not targeted at any specific country, in an interview with Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.
- The trilateral pact has been described as "NATO-like," and its signing fueled speculation that it was formed in response to the ongoing war in Iran.
- Pakistan has separately described the same pact as "purely defensive" and open to other countries, according to AP News and other outlets covering the agreement.
Why it matters: With the pact already drawing Iran-targeting speculation, the coordinated denials from both Ankara and Islamabad suggest the three signatories are actively managing diplomatic fallout before the deal hardens into a formal security bloc — a stance that matters for regional balancing as the Iran war continues.
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