'Mecca Defence Pact Gives Pakistan a Greater Profile in Middle East': Shyam Saran

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Description: Watch Karan Thapar in conversation with with former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.

Watch Karan Thapar in conversation with with former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.

Karan Thapar

Watch Karan Thapar in conversation with with former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.

Does the three nation Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact announced last week have serious and worrying implications for India? Does it strengthen Islamabad vis-a-vis Delhi? Does it raise questions about India’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and possibly also Israel? And how should the Modi government respond to this development? Those are some of the issues Karan Thapar discusses with former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.

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