{"id":24029,"date":"2026-10-09T16:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=24029"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:26:43","slug":"makkah-pact-is-meant-to-defend-saudi-arabia-and-it-will-be-defended-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=24029","title":{"rendered":"Makkah pact is meant to defend Saudi Arabia, and it will be defended: DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has described the Makkah joint defence agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and T\u00fcrkiye as a guarantee of regional peace and stability, saying its purpose is to defend Saudi Arabia and that the kingdom will be defended.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with a US broadcaster, the military spokesperson said Pakistani forces had been present in Saudi Arabia for decades, serving across various capabilities and fields.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Makkah joint defence agreement was not an alliance that had emerged suddenly, adding that its implementation and implications would remain defensive in nature.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Chaudhry said operational commanders would decide how the agreement would be implemented, which contingents would be deployed and how the pact would be utilised.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the agreement as a guarantee of regional stability, the DG ISPR said its existence would make elements with malicious intentions think several times before attempting to pursue their objectives.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the agreement was not intended to designate any country as a friend or an enemy, but was aimed at defending Saudi Arabia, adding that the kingdom would be defended if required.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the Iran-US war, Lt Gen Chaudhry said Pakistan was making efforts to bring the conflict to an end and facilitate an agreement between the parties, and would continue doing so.<\/p>\n<p>He said Pakistan wanted differences to be reduced, a peaceful solution to be reached through negotiations and the conflict to be prevented from spreading further.<\/p>\n<p>The military spokesperson said Pakistan had played an important and impartial role in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, adding that Islamabad&#8217;s interest lay in regional peace and stability and that no party would benefit from an expansion of the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has described the Makkah joint defence agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and T\u00fcrkiye as a guarantee of regional peace and stability, saying its purpose is to defend Saudi Arabia and that the kingdom will be defended. 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