Four Nations Sign Badr Defense Agreement in Doha
The defense ministers of Turkiye, Qatar, Indonesia, and Pakistan signed a defense cooperation document called Badr on Wednesday in Doha; the agreement aims to expand defense cooperation and strengthen strategic partnership among the four countries.
According to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, the document was signed by Yasar Guler, Minister of Defense of Turkiye; Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs of Qatar; Yusuf Jauhari, Deputy Minister of Defense of Indonesia; and Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister of Defense of Pakistan. Haluk Gorgun, Head of the Presidency of Defense Industries of Turkiye, also attended the signing ceremony.
According to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, the Badr agreement was concluded with a focus on expanding cooperation in military production, improving defense capacity, technical military training, and research and development.
The ministry added that the initiative could help create industrial solutions and capacities aligned with developments in modern defense systems.
The Badr cooperation document is also important for the signatory countries from an economic perspective, because it links their military production capacities, improves coordination among these capacities, and makes the defense industries of the four countries more capable of meeting the needs of allies and friendly countries.
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense also expects this agreement to provide a basis for expanding military cooperation, deepening defense industry ties, and strengthening multilateral cooperation in line with the security, stability, and common goals of the member countries.
