Kathmandu— Turkish leaders have insisted that a new trilateral defence pact signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not directed at Iran, despite the agreement's inclusion of a mutual-defence clause. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed Friday by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, stipulates […]

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