Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact late on Wednesday (Sept. 17), significantly strengthening a decades-old security partnership a week after Israel’s strikes on Qatar upended the diplomatic calculus in the region.The enhanced defence ties come as Gulf Arab states grow increasingly wary about the reliability of the United States as a security guarantor.Under the defence deal, Pakistan would now be obliged to provide Saudi Arabia with a nuclear umbrella. “This is a comprehensive defensive agreement that encompasses all military means,” a Saudi official told Reuters. The deal, as per experts, is a smart move that could bring Islamic nations closer or start a big worry about nuclear spread from Iran to Israel. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:38 DID SAUDI ARABIA ‘RENT’ NUCLEAR SHIELD FROM PAK?4:24 SAUDI FUNDED PAK WITH AN EYE ON NUKES?
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