{"id":23208,"date":"2026-10-09T06:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/fidan-says-a-defence-pact-with-saudi-arabia-is-not-a-licence-to-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:47:38","slug":"fidan-says-a-defence-pact-with-saudi-arabia-is-not-a-licence-to-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/fidan-says-a-defence-pact-with-saudi-arabia-is-not-a-licence-to-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidan says a defence pact with Saudi Arabia is not a licence to attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-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\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">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.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Turkish  Hakan Fidan on the security pact and the possibility of deploying Turkish troops on Saudi Arabian territory:<br \/>&#8220;A defense agreement means that when a country that has signed the agreement is attacked, you provide it with support for its defense.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an agreement\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNHg6W3HGM\">pic.twitter.com\/zNHg6W3HGM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Levi \u05d3\u05e0\u05d4<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1ee-1f1f1.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@Danale) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Danale\/status\/2108408674049810826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA defence agreement means that when a country that has signed the agreement is attacked, you provide it with support for its defence,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not an agreement intended for aggression. Turkey will not send its troops to another country\u2019s territory to launch an offensive from there. This is a defence agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related Greek Patriot Battery Intercepts Ballistic Missile and UAV in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p>The post Fidan says a defence pact with Saudi Arabia is not a licence to attack appeared first on Greek City Times.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/09\/hakan-fidan-saudi-defence-pact-turkish-troops\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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