The recent strengthening of US-Pakistan ties has emerged as a significant "tension point" in India-US relations, according to South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman, particularly in light of recent geopolitical frictions between Washington and New Delhi.
Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday stated that India should not overreact to the recent Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defence agreement, describing it as a formalisation of a long-standing relationship between the two nations.
India on Thursday issued a response in the wake of the newly signed "Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement" between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, stating it will closely study the pact's implications for India's national security and regional and global stability.
Saudi Arabia and India's terror-harbouring neighbour, Pakistan, signed a "Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement", pledging that any aggression against either nation would be treated as an attack on both.