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Egypt's potential entry into the defense pact linking Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia is contingent on resolving outstanding technical issues, according to reports.
Should those issues be cleared, Egypt's membership would expand the arrangement into a broader regional security framework.
The zones named under that expanded framework are the Gulf, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
The geography of an expanded framework Three countries anchor the existing pact: Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
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