BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 7. Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Agreement on Joint Defense, which establishes a military alliance.
This was stated in a statement issued by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the statement, the agreement aims to promote peace, security, and stability in the region and beyond, as well as to ensure a safe and prosperous future.
The document was signed on August 7 at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca during a summit on joint defense issues. The agreement was signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
According to the document, an attack on any member of the alliance will be considered an attack on all members of the agreement.
“The agreement provides for strengthening collective deterrence capabilities and enshrines the principle that an armed attack on any of the three states will be regarded as an attack on all three countries. In addition, the document provides for expanded cooperation among the three states in all areas of defense,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, negotiations on the creation of this alliance, which some countries are already calling the “Islamic NATO,” have been underway since late last year. One area of cooperation within the alliance could be the participation of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in the program to develop Türkiye’s fifth-generation KAAN fighter jet.
