ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a landmark "Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement", declaring that "any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both"," according to a Pak-Saudi joint statement.

The pact was signed during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to Riyadh at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

"Building on the historic partnership extending for nearly eight decades between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and based on the bonds of brotherhood and Islamic solidarity, as well as shared strategic interests and close defense cooperation between the two countries, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al S

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