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Turkiye, Qatar sign mutual defense agreement, Turkish presidency says

Turkiye, Qatar sign mutual defense agreement, Turkish presidency says

Turkiye and Qatar have entered into a mutual defense agreement following a meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL: Turkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said, after ‌the ‌president met ‌the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Istanbul.

“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 presidency said in a statement on X, which did not provide details on the defense accord.

In brief

ISTANBUL: Turkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said, after ‌the ‌president met ‌the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Istanbul. “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 presidency said in a statement on X, which did not provide details on the defense accord.

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