MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye have signed a joint defence agreement under which an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be considered an attack against all three nations.
The agreement, named the Makkah Defence Joint Agreement, was signed during a trilateral defence summit held at Qasr Al-Safa in Makkah, attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the pact aims to strengthen collective defence capabilities against any act of aggression and expand defence cooperation among the three countries.
Under the agreement, an attack on one of the three signatories would trigger a collective response, with the countries committing to work together to enhance regional security and stability.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia a day earlier with a Pakistani delegation, while President Erdoğan reached Makkah on the day of the summit.
The agreement follows a previous mutual defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, under which both countries agreed that aggression against either nation would be treated as an attack against both.