Defence pact

Defence pact

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact, FT reports

A senior Trump administration official told the Financial Times there were "discussions about signing something when the crown prince comes, but the details are in flux.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh on 17 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan extends nuclear umbrella to Saudi Arabia: Source close to govt

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025. Photo: Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Saudi Arabia, nuclear-armed Pakistan sign mutual defence pact

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool/File Photo

Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defence treaty over Israel stalemate

US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo and Philippines Army Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr speak to the media during the International Military Law and Operations Conference (MILOPS), in Manila, Philippines, August 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Philippines urges 'broader interpretation' of defence pact with US

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Philippine's Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro sign the reciprocal access agreement, at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, July 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Philippines, Japan sign defence pact amid South China Sea tensions

Dhaka, New Delhi signed first defence contract under $500 million LoC

Dhaka, New Delhi signed first defence contract under $500 million LoC

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia February 11, 2022. Darrian Traynor/Pool via REUTERS

Australia says defence buildup about peace and stability

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on a National Security Initiative virtually with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, inside the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

UK, US, Australia agree to work on hypersonics under defence pact