Mecca agreement is ‘just ink on paper’ : Analysis

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Wolfgang Pusztai, a security policy and defence analyst, says the defence agreement between Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is currently “just ink on paper”. “We have not seen Pakistani or Turkish troops in Saudi Arabia because of the recent attacks by the Houthis,” he said. “We did not see a Turkish reaction to the Iranian missile attacks on the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia,” the analyst added. Pusztai stressed that if there are no boots on the ground in the three different countries, or if Pakistani and Turkish soldiers are not affected by an attack on Saudi Arabia, such a mutual defence agreement would not work. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SaudiArabia #Pakistan #Turkiye #

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