Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign a mutual defence pact in Mecca

Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a trilateral defence agreement in Mecca on Friday. It stipulates that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack on all of them. The deal widens to Türkiye the joint defence pact Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed in Riyadh in September 2025.

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