Madar (International) - Qatar, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, signed a memorandum of understanding named "Badr" in the Qatari capital Doha to deepen their defence-industry cooperation, Al Jazeera reported.
In a statement, the Qatari Defence Ministry said the memorandum "aims to foster cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing, enhance defence capabilities among the four countries, and promote collaboration in technical defence training, as well as in research and development areas". It builds on existing military projects through joint production, technology transfers and more closely integrated supply chains.
Turkiye already has separate military manufacturing ties with each of the other three: it signed a bilateral defence-industry memorandum with Qatar in October 2025, is running a four-ship naval project with Pakistan, with two ships to be built in Istanbul and two at Karachi Shipyard, and is jointly building a tank with Indonesia.
Defence industry analyst Arda Mevlutoglu told Al Jazeera that Turkiye contributes technological expertise and systems integration, Pakistan and Indonesia offer manufacturing capacity and sizeable domestic markets, and Qatar provides investment potential and demand, adding that the memorandum should not be read as a break with Washington.
The Doha memorandum concerns industrial cooperation, unlike the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed in August by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye, which sets out a mutual defence commitment and which Ankara submitted to parliament for ratification on Wednesday.
