{"id":86900,"date":"2026-08-17T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=86900"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:33:21","slug":"trilateral-defence-agreement-with-pakistan-turkiye-to-be-implemented-soon-saudi-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/trilateral-defence-agreement-with-pakistan-turkiye-to-be-implemented-soon-saudi-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Trilateral defence agreement with Pakistan, T\u00fcrkiye to be implemented soon: Saudi ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nawaf Al-Malki says agreement will boost cooperation among three countries for regional stability; hopes Pakistan joins world\u2019s top 20 economies within three to four years<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Monday said a new trilateral defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye would be implemented \u201con the ground\u201d in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event held at the Saudi Embassy in Islamabad to mark Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day, the Saudi envoy described the agreement as highly significant and said the three countries were keen to promote regional stability.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86902\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc.png 1672w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e0eeb509-52c4-48b6-ac6b-f48a7a7038fc-1068x601.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think this agreement is a very important agreement. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye are very keen for the stability of the region,\u201d Ambassador Al-Malki said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said practical cooperation under the agreement would begin soon. \u201cIn the coming days, we will make this agreement on the ground, and we will see a lot of cooperation between the three countries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi ambassador said Pakistan had emerged as a \u201cvery important country\u201d not only in the region but also globally amid continuing tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that Pakistan would join the ranks of the world\u2019s top 20 countries within the next three to four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nawaf Al-Malki says agreement will boost cooperation among three countries for regional stability; hopes Pakistan joins world\u2019s top 20 economies within three to four years ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Monday said a new trilateral defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye would be implemented \u201con the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86903,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86900\/revisions\/86903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}