Overseas Minister of Pakistan – Ishaq Dar, has said that in a context of intensified Iranian retaliation in opposition to American bases within the Gulf area, together with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan might be compelled to hitch the conflict in opposition to Iran, albeit reluctantly.
He defined that this risk arises resulting from a strategic mutual defence settlement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Accordingly, Dar mentioned he had warned the Overseas Minister of Iran – Abbas Araghchi, in opposition to launching assaults on Saudi Arabia.
Beneath the phrases of the Pak–Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Settlement, any act of aggression in opposition to one nation could be thought-about an act of aggression in opposition to each.
Quoting a dialog held with Araghchi on Feb. 28, Dar said that he had made it clear to the Iranian facet that such a defence settlement exists between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
