[Global Network Reporter Yan Peiyun] According to Pakistan's "Dawn" report, in response to the signing of a common strategic defense agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Pezehizyan delivered a speech at the general debate of the 80th UN General Assembly on the 24th local time, welcoming and appreciating this, and calling it the beginning of a "comprehensive regional security system".

¡°Iran welcomes the defence agreement signed by the two brother countries of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which is the beginning of a comprehensive regional security system in the field of political security and national defence in cooperation with Islamic countries in the western Asian region,¡± he said.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan officially signed a joint strategic defense agreement in Riyadh this month, agreeing that third-party attacks on either country will be considered "aggression against both countries."Saudi Arabia's Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and the visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif jointly witnessed the signing of the agreement on 17 and issued a joint statement after the talks that the two sides signed a joint strategic defense agreement, reflecting the joint commitment of the two sides to strengthen national security and regional and world security and peace, aimed at developing defense cooperation between the two countries and strengthening joint deterrence against any aggression.

After signing the agreement, Saudi Arabia has made it clear that its deepening security cooperation with Pakistan will not be at the expense of relations with India, and Saudi Arabia will continue to promote bilateral relations with India. According to Reuters, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randir Jaiswal expressed the hope that Saudi Arabia can fully consider the common interests and sensitive concerns between the two countries when handling bilateral relations.

The two countries have longined close diplomatic and security relations.Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries to be recognized by Pakistan since its independence declaration, according to media reports, while Pakistan has trained more than 8,000 Saudi soldiers since 1967.

Saudi Arabia and Iran broke off diplomatic relations in 2016. Under the mediation of China, representatives of Saudi Arabia and Iran held a dialogue in Beijing from March 6 to 10, 2023. China, Saudi Arabia and Iran signed and issued a joint statement announcing that Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic relations. On April 6, Saudi Arabia and Iran signed a joint statement, and the two countries announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with immediate effect. Dawn newspaper said that since then, the relationship between the two countries has been heating up. Saudi Arabia condemned Israel's attack on Iran in May this year, calling it "aggression" and "a clear violation of international law". At the same time, it also expressed "high concern" after the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.