Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said he expects the defense agreement signed by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in August to be submitted for approval when Parliament returns from recess.
Kurtulmuş said parliamentary approval was required for the agreement to take effect, adding that the current meetings were preparatory. Chief of General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu also met his counterparts in Riyadh.