The trilateral deal signed last week stipulates that an attack on any of the three states will be treated as an attack on all.
From left, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 7 August 2026.
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As Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan launch the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, Ankara signals Egypt may soon join the regional…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said Istanbul expects Egypt to join the pact ‘in the next stage’.
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The agreement says that "any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all."
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August 2026, declaring an attack on one is an…
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