Pakistan, Saudi Arabia discuss measures to prevent Iranian attacks

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir called on Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and discussed recent attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran and the necessary measures to be taken under the joint defence agreement to prevent them, Aaj News reported on Saturday.

The meeting between the two dignitaries took place in Riyadh, where they discussed defence cooperation between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and the regional security situation.

The forum emphasised practical steps of wisdom and caution for regional security and stability.

The meeting was also attended by Chief of General Staff of Saudi Armed Forces Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, and Defence Minister’s Advisor for Intelligence Hisham bin Abdulaziz bin Saif. Brigadier Muhammad Javed Tariq was also part of the Pakistani delegation.

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In a post on X, the Saudi defence minister stated that, in a meeting with the Pakistan’s army chief, they discussed Iranian attacks on the kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of the Joint Strategic Defence Agreement.

“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation,” Khalid added.

In September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a strategic joint defence agreement under which an attack on one country would be considered an attack on the other.

Meanwhile, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif received a call from Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, in which he condemned the recent attacks on the kingdom and reaffirmed that Islamabad stands in full cooperation and solidarity to protect the security and stability of Saudi Arabia.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on March 3 said that he had taken up the issue of Iran in a bilateral meeting with the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and that Iran came under attack from the US and Israel despite positive headway in the related negotiations.

“I had a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rubio— I took up the issue of Iran—Iran agreed not to produce nuclear weapons— Pakistan wanted that the matter be resolved through dialogue and Iran’s response was positive,” Dar told the Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday.

Despite that the negotiations were progressing positively, Iran was attacked, said the DPM, who also holds the official positions of the Foreign Minister and the Leader of the House in the Senate.

In meetings with Iranian officials, Pakistan advised Iran to resolve the matter with diplomacy and dialogue, he said.
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Dar appeared to imply that Gulf countries would have supported Iran had their certain installations not been attacked by the latter. “Iran is a sovereign country, our brother, our friend, very dear to us— but they took a decision— I don’t want to get into that controversy,” he said in an implied yet obvious reference to Iran’s attacks on installations in some Gulf countries that have American military bases.

“I think if a counterattack had not taken place on those countries, we would have made them stand with us, and we would be having a joint voice,” he said.

The legislator said Pakistan told Iran to keep in view the defence agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. “Everyone saw that the minimum reaction came against Saudi Arabia and Oman,” he added.

Dar claimed Pakistan is the only country that condemned the attack on Iran. “I have not seen the statement of any other country—it took me not more than 15 minutes to decide that we have to condemn this attack—Iran appreciated this,” he said.