Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement to deepen security cooperation amid heightened military tensions and conflicts in the Middle East.
The agreement, identified as the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, was initiated to strengthen deterrence against attacks on any of the signatories.
It stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be regarded as an attack on all, they said in a joint statement.
According to a joint statement by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Saudi state media on Friday, the agreement was signed by the three Sunni Muslim-majority states in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam.
It was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
