Tu kish
P eside t
Tayyip
E doga ,
Saudi
C ow
P i ce
Mohammed
bi
Salma ,
a d
Pakista ‘s
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if,
accompa ied
by
thei
mi iste s
of
Fo eig
Affai s
a d
Defe ce,
pose
afte
sig i g
a
joi t
defe ce
ag eeme t
i
Mecca.
NEW
DELHI:
I dia
co ti ues
to
exami e
the
implicatio s
of
the
Saudi-Pakista -Tu kiye
secu ity
pact
fo
its
ow
secu ity
as
well
as
egio al
peace
a d
stability,
said
mi ist y
of
exte al
affai s.
The
mi ist y
also
st essed
that
I dia
emai s
fully
committed
to
safegua di g
its
atio al
i te ests
a d
will
take
all
ecessa y
measu es
i
this
ega d.The
Mecca
joi t
defe ce
ag eeme t
may
be
desig ed
to
add ess
West
Asia
dy amics
but
it
has
also
led
to
co ce s
i
I dia
about
possible
lo g-te m
diplomatic
a d
secu ity
challe ges
that
it
might
pose
fo
the
cou t y
vis-a-vis
its
elatio s
with
Pakista .The
p ima y
co ce
fo
ow
of
cou se
is
what
the
pact
might
mea
fo
its
policy
of
ze o
tole a ce
agai st
c oss-bo de
te o ism
a d
of
setti g
a
st ategic
dete e ce
agai st
Pakista ‘s
suppo t
fo
the
same,
amid
the
likelihood
of
a
augme tatio
of
Pakista i
milita y
capabilities
th ough
the
ag eeme t.”As
fa
as
this
ag eeme t
is
co ce ed,
we
a e
exami i g
its
implicatio s
both
f om
the
pe spective
of
I dia’s
atio al
secu ity
a d
co side atio s
of
egio al
peace
a d
stability,”said
MEA
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal.
TNN
