Turkiye and Qatar have signed a mutual defence agreement, according to the Turkish presidency's office. The deal was signed in Istanbul on Friday 13 November, after a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The Turkish presidency's office described the agreement as mutual defence, Reuters reports. Arab News reports that details of the accord were not disclosed.
Al Jazeera reports that the pact commits both sides to "a unified stance in confronting any external armed attack targeting either party". The full text has not been published, so that wording has not been independently checked.
Qatar has been a mediator in the Iran talks.