DohaFour countries including nuclear-armed Pakistan pledged joint weapons production.
Analysts say the US-Iran war pushes members to diversify beyond Washington, not break with it.
Turkey brings technology, Pakistan and Indonesia manufacturing capacity, Qatar investment, defence analyst Arda Mevlutoglu said.
Experts say the pact will not derail India’s $630 million missile sales to Indonesia.
Turkey’s parliament now weighs the separate Mecca defence pact, but deploying troops abroad needs its own vote.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- quotes analyst Arda Mevlutoglu on an emerging Gulf-to-Southeast-Asia defence network beyond the four signatories
- Reuters
- frames the pact through Turkey's Gulf base and its August mutual-defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
- Dawn
- names Khawaja Asif and the Indonesian deputy minister as signatories, with the Pakistani Foreign Office silent
- The Times of India
- tests the pact against India's $630m July BrahMos and Astra deals, citing a user-manual-only transfer safeguard
Sources: Dawn, The Times of India, Al Jazeera Online, Reuters