Turkey Submits Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact to Parliament for Ratification, Sources Say
The 16-article pact would require immediate mutual aid against armed attacks and expand intelligence, logistics and defense-industry cooperation.
- On Tuesday, Turkey submitted the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to parliament for ratification, formalizing mutual military support amid intensifying attacks by Iran-backed Houthis.
- The three nations signed the Mecca Agreement in August, establishing a mutual defence pledge where an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.
- Following an October 10 strike on King Khalid International Airport that killed 12 people, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the pact is not an "offensive agreement," excluding offensive troop deployment.
- Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus will refer the agreement to the Foreign Affairs Committee upon returning from Kyrgyzstan, with debates potentially beginning as early as Friday.
- Officials who briefed Al-Monitor in recent weeks suggest any Turkish deployment will likely be limited to training, advisory services, and military equipment rather than large troop contingents.
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Mecca pact text: No enemy named, members locked in for 10 years
Turkey has sent the Mecca Defence Pact, a mutual defence treaty it signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in August, to its parliament for ratification. The 16-article text, which Middle East Eye said it obtained exclusively, commits the three countries to treat an armed attack from outside on any one of them as an attack on all. … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on Whats…
This article explores whether the Mecca Agreement is a product or a driving force behind the changing security landscape in the Middle East. The author argues that the agreement primarily aimed to address existing threats and institutionalize existing cooperation. Although it has provoked diplomatic reactions from neighboring countries, its actual effectiveness in reshaping regional security policy remains to be seen and will be tested by subseq…
Unveiled the text of the agreement signed in August between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, valid for 10 years: intelligence and industrial sharing and intervention in the event of aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of allies.
Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed in August 2026 the so-called Mecca Pact, a defense agreement that states that an attack on one of the three countries will be considered an attack on all. However, when the Houthis intensified their attacks on Saudi territory, questions arose about the apparent lack of a joint response. What about the agreement? Farid Kahhat, an internationalist and academic at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, …
The Turkish authorities transmitted the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement to Parliament, about a week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that his country would transmit the Agreement to Parliament in the coming days.
Today, Tuesday, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Parliament, Fuad Oktai, announced that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement had arrived in Parliament, stating that his Committee would conduct a comprehensive and detailed assessment of it when referred to it.
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