Turkey and Qatar have signed a mutual defense agreement, the Turkish presidency said

Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday. According to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office, this agreement was reached at a time when the Turkish President met the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Istanbul.

According to Arab News, in a statement issued by the Turkish Presidency on the social media website X, it was said that "President Erdoğan expressed his determination that we will continue to work together to prevent the possibility of a resumption of war in the Gulf region, pave the way for negotiations and establish peace." However, the statement did not specify the details of the defense agreement.

The statement added that "President Erdoğan said that the mutual defense agreement between Turkey and Qatar today will add a new dimension to our fraternal friendship."

It should be noted that in August this year, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement in Makkah, under which the three Sunni Muslim countries, which are also allies of the United States, came together for defense cooperation at a time when conflicts are ongoing in different parts of the region.

The Turkish parliament ratified the deal last week, paving the way for Turkey to provide military aid to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is facing attacks from Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels and is trying to stop them.