"It is highly likely the two foreign ministers not only addressed US President Donald Trump's invitations to his Board of Peace which both have already accepted but also details of a new defense pact between their countries. In addition, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is reportedly traveling to Saudi Arabia in the coming days to sign a defense deal with Riyadh."
"Once signed, this trilateral deal, dubbed by some as an "Islamic NATO" which refers to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO would combine Pakistani nuclear power with Saudi money and Turkish military strength. "This would not be a symbolic bloc," Sergio Restelli, an Italian political adviser, author and geopolitical expert, wrote in an op-ed for media outlet The Times of Israel in January."
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty in Davos to discuss mutual issues and a potential defense pact. Both ministers accepted invitations to US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is traveling to Saudi Arabia to sign a defense deal with Riyadh. Inclusion of Somalia in a Riyadh-Cairo agreement would increase Saudi and Egyptian influence over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route linking the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean. Turkey is increasingly interested in joining the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. A broader alliance could combine Pakistani nuclear capability, Saudi financing, and Turkish military strength to control strategic waterways and project expeditionary force and ideological influence across regions.
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