Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks by phone with Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud about recent attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, according to a Turkish diplomatic source.
Both outlets say the call comes after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement last month. The agreement includes a mutual defence clause described as similar to NATO’s Article 5. Coverage is limited beyond these points: one outlet frames the call in relation to “attacks on Saudi Arabia,” while the other specifies the discussion of “regional developments” alongside the attacks. Neither source provides details of the incidents discussed, who carried them out, or what responses were agreed in the call.
Overall, the reports concur on the occurrence of the phone call, the officials involved, and the existence of the recently signed trilateral defence pact with an Article 5-like mutual defence provision.
