Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement.
The defense agreement signed on Friday is intended to strengthen collective defense, promote regional security and establish a unified position against any external armed attack directed against one of the two countries, according to a joint statement issued following talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
According to the office of the President of Turkey, which was provided by the X Network, "President Erdogan stated that we will continue to work together to prevent the renewal of war in the Gulf region, establish a basis for negotiations and achieve peace."
Turkey has intensified its focus on security since the outbreak of the Iran war earlier this year. In August, it signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, with the aim of establishing mutual defense guarantees.