ANKARA: Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia signed an agreement in Doha on Wednesday to expand defense cooperation and strengthen their military capabilities, according to Türkiye’s Defense Ministry.
The ministry said the countries signed the “Badr Memorandum of Understanding,” reflecting their commitment to deepen cooperation and build broader partnerships.
It said the accord carries substantial economic significance and is intended to support joint military production, improve defense capabilities and expand cooperation in technical training, research and development.
“By drawing on each country’s distinctive defense-production strengths, the initiative will encourage cooperation and integration, expand defense-industrial capacity and help meet the needs of allied and friendly nations,” the ministry said.
Türkiye, which fields NATO’s second-largest army and maintains a sizable defense industry, has assisted Gulf partners, including Qatar, where it operates a military base, in strengthening their defenses amid the Iran war.
In August, Türkiye signed a mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, under which an attack on one signatory would be treated as an attack on all. Ankara also has longstanding defense-industry ties with Indonesia.
The ministry said the Badr accord would deepen links between the countries’ defense industries, encourage wider defense cooperation and advance shared security objectives.
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