Pakistan, Saudi, Turkiye signs Makkah Joint Defence Agreement

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday, August 7, signed a joint defence agreement under which an attack against any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack against them all, amid escalating tensions in West Asia.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed the ‘Makkah Joint



Defence Agreement’ during a meeting at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, according to a joint statement.

The agreement, signed during the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Summit for Joint Defence, is “intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all,” it added.