1 of 2 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Photo by Turkish Presidency/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a new defense pact on Friday, setting new stakes for conflict in the Middle East.
The specifics of the agreement were not disclosed, but the Pakistani Foreign Ministry shared a joint statement saying it ties the three countries together in deterrence of armed attacks.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry's statement reads that the new pact is meant "to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all."
It follows a defense pact entered by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan last year.
