Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a Nato-style mutual defence agreement in Mecca on August 7, declaring 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 have signed a landmark mutual defense agreement pledging collective action if any one of the three countries comes under armed attack. The deal,…

Agreement follows nearly year of negotiations. Its signing in Mecca lends symbolic significance. Earlier reports had indicated Egypt too would sign it, but it did not.