The pact was signed after the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at Istanbul’s historic Dolmabahçe Palace on Friday evening. “President Erdogan stated that we would continue working together to prevent the resurgence of war in the Gulf region and establish a basis for dialogue and achieve peace,” the Turkish presidency said in a statement on X. Erdogan’s office said the agreement “will add a new dimension to relations between Turkiye and Qatar”. No further details of the defence accord were provided. Speaking to Al Jazeera, security analyst Yusuf Alabarda said that since the start of the Iran war, countries in the region “are feeling the effects of the war and no-one is feeling secure”.
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