Turkey to submit mandate to parliament allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia
Turkey will submit a mandate to parliament allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a lawmaker from the ruling AK Party told Reuters on Wednesday.
The lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the mandate would be sent to parliament once a bill ratifying the accord has been approved.
Turkey submitted the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement - signed by the three countries in August - to parliament for ratification on Tuesday, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal mutual defense pledge with Riyadh as it faces Houthi attacks.
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