Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan Form New Defense Pact
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have forged a new defense alliance, dubbed the 'Mecca Pact,' to establish political and military mechanisms for coordination. While described as a defense pact, analysts suggest it is not a NATO-style alliance and its long-term stability remains to be seen.
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Turkiye lays out ‘mechanisms’ of defence pact with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Three nations to group ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under the pact.
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The security pact signed on Friday by three of the world’s most powerful Muslim nations with a vow to enhance collective deterrence remains far from what many are calling an Islamic Nato, according to experts. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf’s top oil exporter, Nato member Turkey and Pakistan, a nuclear-armed South Asian state, will be challenged by diverging strategic interests and weak mutual defence capacity, they said. The Mecca pact’s statement th...
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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1772,w_2560/733193' alt='Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. (photo credit: Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS)' title='Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan's Prime...
Read full article →Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia will form political, military mechanisms to coordinate under defence pact, Ankara says
Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkiye’s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation. The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed last week as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. A...
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Read full article →Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia will form political, military mechanisms to coordinate under defence pact - ekathimerini.com
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