Turkey and Qatar sign mutual defense agreement | Military news

The agreement was signed after the president met the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, on Friday in Istanbul.

Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement after a meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim ‌‌bin Hamad Al Thani on Friday in Istanbul.

“President Erdogan said that we will continue to work together to prevent the resurgence of war in the Gulf region and establish a basis for dialogue and achieve peace,” the Turkish presidency said in a statement on X.

Erdogan’s office said the deal would “add a new dimension to Turkey-Qatar relations”, while Qatar’s emir hailed the deal as a “strategic partnership”.

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A statement from the Amiri Diwan said several agreements were signed by the two governments, including a memorandum of understanding “on cooperation in the field of peace, reconciliation and conflict resolution.”

Speaking to Al Jazeera, security analyst Yusuf Alabarda said that since the start of the war in Iran, countries in the region “are feeling the effects of the war and no one feels safe.”

“All Gulf countries, but especially Qatar, have understood that the security guarantees provided by the United States are not working properly. Turkish troops in Qatar are very important, but I can say that in the short term, Turkish weapons and air defenses could be deployed to Qatar to guarantee its security, which is very important for Turkey, so this agreement will help advance these military agreements,” Alabarda said.

Regional defense

In August, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a regional defense agreement under which the three countries would come to each other’s aid if any of them were attacked.

Ratified by the Turkish parliament last week, the deal links NATO member Turkey, which has the alliance’s second-largest army, to Pakistan, the Muslim world’s only nuclear state.

Turkey said the deal did not target any other countries and remained open to other states, including Egypt.

In October, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a multilateral memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation in Doha.

The agreement, known as “Badr”, aims to strengthen cooperation between participating countries.