India to Review Implications of Saudi-Pakistan ‘Attack on One, Attack on Both’ Deal

India on Thursday said it will examine the implications of the new strategic mutual defence pact signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, under which an attack on either country will be treated as an “aggression against both.”

“We have seen reports of the signing of a strategic mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. “The Government was aware this development, which formalises a long-standing arrangement between the two countries, had been under consideration.”

He added: “We will study the implications of this development for our national security as well as for regional and global stability. The government remains committed to protecting India’s national interests and ensuring comprehensive national security in all domains.”

The agreement was signed Wednesday during Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the deal aims to deepen defence cooperation and “strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression.”

The pact comes just days after an Israeli strike in Doha targeted Hamas leaders, drawing criticism from the US, and months after a brief but tense military conflict between India and Pakistan in May. That confrontation followed Operation Sindoor, in which Indian forces retaliated against a terror attack in Pahalgam by targeting militant infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.