Saudi Arabia · Middle East
Key Facts
—Signed today: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August 2026 at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah.
—The clause: The three governments say the agreement “stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all.”
—No treaty text: Only a summary joint statement has been released. Duration, withdrawal terms, ratification and geographic scope are all absent from the public record.
