Turkey plans mandate to send military personnel to Saudi Arabia, ruling party official says
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Turkey plans to seek parliamentary authorization to deploy military personnel to Saudi Arabia under a joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. A ruling AK Party lawmaker said the mandate would be submitted to parliament.
ANKARA, Oct 21 - Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a lawmaker from the ruling AK Party told Reuters on Wednesday.