Why Is Saudi-Pakistan Security Deal Significant?

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00:00Now, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a strong and historic relationship.

00:05Military ties between the two countries go back decades.

00:08Why is this deal so significant, in your opinion?

00:11I think it's the relationship that you're referring to,

00:15which goes back since the creation of Pakistan.

00:19And frankly, if you look at the roots of this relationship,

00:22they go back 1,400, 1,500 years.

00:24So the brotherhood that had historically, I think, has manifested itself in various ways.

00:32At every juncture when Pakistan has needed support,

00:36the kingdom has been by the Pakistani side.

00:40Whether it was economic development or defense-related matters or diplomacy,

00:47the kingdom was already there and always there.

00:50And same goes for Pakistan.

00:52If you walk down the streets of Pakistan,

00:55you would find out that even a common man would say

00:58that we are going to be there by the side of our Saudi brethren

01:04if the two holy mosques are ever attacked.

01:07And it needed no treaty.

01:09Every Pakistani would tell you the same.

01:12So I think what was implicit before and unstated has taken the form of a treaty.

01:18And that's the most significant part of this treaty,

01:22that it's now kind of a relationship which is documented.

01:27But this relationship has been there forever.