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Turkey Plans Mandate to Send Military Personnel to Saudi Arabia, Ruling Party Official Says
The pact would bind the three countries to mutual defense and limit any Turkish role to technical and other defensive support at first.
- On Tuesday, Turkey submitted the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement to parliament for ratification, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal mutual defense pledge with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan amid Houthi attacks.
- Signed in August, the trilateral pact outlines that an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all, mirroring NATO's Article 5 and citing Article 51 of the UN Charter for collective self-defense.
- An AKP lawmaker specified that no Turkish troops would participate in offensive operations, confirming that initial deployments will focus on technical personnel supporting air defenses and electronic warfare technologies.
- The agreement also mandates close cooperation on intelligence, logistics, and "all means of terrorism," while formalizing the "rapid deployment" of military capabilities agreed by the three countries in Riyadh.
- Turkey further agreed to join a Saudi-led coalition to ensure navigational safety in the Red Sea, expressing willingness to help meet Riyadh's military technology needs.
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Turkey plans mandate to send military personnel to Saudi Arabia, ruling party official says
Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a lawmaker from the ruling AK Party told Reuters on Wednesday.
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A representative of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) stated that none of the Turkish military forces deployed to other countries under the treaty will participate in offensive operations.
Turkey offers technical defence support to Saudi Arabia under Mecca pact — Ankara rules out offensive role
Turkey's foreign minister told Turkish media Ankara is prepared to supply technical military support to Saudi Arabia under the recently signed Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, but said Turkey would not take an offensive combat role.
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