Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman signed a defence pact on Wednesday. The pact states that an attack on either of the countries would be considered an attack on both. ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what the agreement means for the two countries, geopolitics of the region, and India.
Episode 1732 of #CutTheClutter also looks at the defence ties between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan over the years, since 1967 to now.
Saudi Arabia &nuclear-armed Pakistan sign defence pact:Tracing their ties, & what it means for India
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