Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- Turkiye was ready to expand defence industry cooperation with Saudi Arabia, backed by over 1,400 projects and a $120 billion portfolio, the country's top defence official said on Thursday.

The head of the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB), Haluk Gorgun, spoke at the Turkiye-Saudi Arabia Defence Industry Days in Istanbul, organised by Turkiye's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), defence industry cluster SAHA Istanbul, and Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI).

Saudi Minister of State and Acting Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) Bandar Al-Khorayef, Turkiye's Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Cetin Ali Donmez, and Istanbul Governor Davut Gul also attended.

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