Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir and Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met in Saudi Arabia on Friday and discussed measures needed to halt Iranian attacks on the kingdom within the framework of the joint strategic defense agreement between Islamabad and Riyadh.
In a statement posed on X early Saturday, the Saudi official said the meeting focused on ways to stop the attacks, adding these do not serve the security and stability of the region. “I met with His Excellency the Chief of Defense Forces, Chief of the Pakistani Army, Field Marshal Asim Munir,” read the Saudi defense minister’s post.
“We discussed the Iranian attacks on the kingdom within the framework of the joint strategic defense agreement between our two brotherly countries, and ways to stop these attacks, which do not serve the security and stability of the region, hoping that the Iranian side will prioritize wisdom and reason and refrain from wrong calculations,” he added.
Separately, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released its own statement on the meeting. It said the Army chief and the Saudi official had “discussed the gravity of security situation accruing from Iranian drone and missile attacks on the Kingdom and joint measures needed to halt them within the framework of Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement.”
According to the military’s media wing, the two officials stressed that unprovoked aggression undermined efforts for regional security and stability and reduces options for peaceful settlement of disputes.
The meeting follows reports of Iran targeting U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia, as well as other Gulf states, in retaliation to joint U.S.-Israel airstrikes on various cities of the country that have killed over 1,300 people. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar had earlier told Parliament that he had urged Iran to avoid attacks on Saudi Arabia, as if they persisted, Islamabad might be forced to act in light of the defense pact.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement in September 2025, pledging to treat an attack on either nation as an act of aggression against both.