ISLAMABAD – Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has confirmed the presence of Pakistani troops in Saudi Arabia.
In an interview with CNN, he said Pakistani military personnel are already on the ground in Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said Pakistani troops have been in Saudi Arabia for decades. He added that Pakistani forces, with multiple capabilities and domains, are already there.
The Director General ISPR said the Makkah Alliance is not something that has been formed in a vacuum.
He said there is a sustained diplomatic, political, military and people-to-people relationship between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.
The confirmation of Pak troops in Saudi Arabia comes amid growing defence and security cooperation between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia under the newly established Makkah Defence Alliance. “Pakistani contingents have been deployed in Saudi Arabia for several decades,” the DG ISPR said.
He clarified that under the Makkah Defence Alliance, the Pakistani contingents present in Saudi Arabia belong to different domains.The DG ISPR’s remarks provide the first detailed confirmation from Pakistan’s military spokesperson regarding the existing presence and the broader domain-based deployment of Pakistani forces in Saudi Arabia under the new alliance framework.
The Makkah Defence Alliance brings Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye together in a strategic political and defence framework aimed at strengthening collective security and coordination among the participating countries.
