Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye meet: What’s next for their defence pact?
Summary
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye have created a new defense pact called the Mecca Defence Alliance. They agreed that an attack on any one of them will be considered an attack on all three, and they are working on how to make this agreement operational.Key Facts
- The Mecca Defence Alliance was announced after a meeting in Istanbul.
- A secretariat for the alliance will be set up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- The first secretary general of the secretariat will come from Pakistan.
- The pact promises to respect each country's sovereignty and not interfere in internal affairs.
- The alliance is open to other countries joining in the region.
- The three countries are discussing military cooperation, joint exercises, shared defense research, and counterterrorism efforts.
- The alliance is different from NATO because it does not have a shared military command or standing forces.
- Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye led the talks, including foreign ministers and defense chiefs.
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