ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed the historic Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) on Wednesday during the visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Riyadh.
Experts in geo-strategic matters opine that Pakistan’s strategic capability is India-centric and not for accomplishment of any religious or ideological objectives.
These experts are of the view that neither Pakistan nor KSA have any aggressive ambitions against any country; therefore, any confusion being created in this regard is based on assumptions with malicious objectives.
The defence systems of Pakistan and KSA are for their people and respective territories, the experts said, adding that people linking it with recent events do not understand the essence of historic Pak-KSA relations.
They are only trying to create anxiety and unwarranted speculations, experts said, adding that Pakistan-KSA defence pact is a result of decades of friendship and not due to some recent events or incident.
