Mecca defense agreement launches process for ‘new regional security, cooperation architecture’: Turkish foreign minister

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August 31, 2026 at 3:31 pm

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during a joint press conference following the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee, established under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, in Istanbul, Turkiye on August 31, 2026. [Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman – Anadolu Agency]

The Mecca defense agreement has launched a process to establish a “new security and cooperation architecture” in the region, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday, Anadolu reports.

Speaking in Istanbul following the first meeting under the trilateral agreement between Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Fidan said: “With this agreement, the process of testing a new security and cooperation architecture in our region has begun.”