Turkey, Qatar sign mutual defence agreement, Turkish presidency says  

Turkey, Qatar sign mutual defence agreement, Turkish presidency says  

​Turkey ​and Qatar ‌signed a mutual ​defence 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 defence accord.

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