Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan has said a defence agreement does not mean Turkish troops would be sent onto Saudi soil to launch an offensive.
Turkish Hakan Fidan on the security pact and the possibility of deploying Turkish troops on Saudi Arabian territory:
“A defense agreement means that when a country that has signed the agreement is attacked, you provide it with support for its defense.This is not an agreement… pic.twitter.com/zNHg6W3HGM
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“A defence agreement means that when a country that has signed the agreement is attacked, you provide it with support for its defence,” he said. “This is not an agreement intended for aggression. Turkey will not send its troops to another country’s territory to launch an offensive from there. This is a defence agreement.”
The remarks are his answer to talk that a security pact could put Turkish forces on Saudi territory. On his account, the obligation is to help a signatory that is attacked, not to use that country as a base for an attack of Turkey’s own.
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