Pakistan, Nov. 14 -- Turkiye and Qatar signed a defence agreement on Friday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said would further strengthen ties between the regional allies, his office said. The announcement came after Erdogan met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Istanbul.

Qatar's ruler travelled to Istanbul after attending the United Nations COP31 climate summit in southern Turkiye. "A mutual defence agreement signed by Turkiye and Qatar today will add a new dimension to the brotherly ties between the two countries," Erdogan said during the meeting, according to a statement from his office.

The statement gave no further details about the contents of the agreement. Erdogan also said Turkiye and Qatar would expand coopera...