Leaders of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Monday attended the first meeting held under their Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul.
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif represented Pakistan at the meeting.
Foreign and defence ministers of the three countries, as well as top military officials, gathered for a family photo ahead of the meeting in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace.
Turkiye-based Anadolu Agency shared a video showing the participants seated in a hall, with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan of the host country seated in the middle.
The clip showed Fidan greeting Dar, CDF Munir and others at the venue.
