{"id":849472,"date":"2026-08-07T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849472\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:08:09","slug":"saudi-%e2%81%a0arabia-pakistan-and-turkiye-sign-defence-deal-amid-regional-turmoil-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849472\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi \u2060Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye sign defence deal amid regional turmoil | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The agreement states that an \u2060attack on any one of the \u2060three countries is an \u2060attack against them all, Pakistan says.<\/p>\n

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Saudi \u2060Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye have signed a \u2060joint defence agreement, deepening \u200csecurity cooperation amid heightened military tensions and conflicts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

A joint statement shared by Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Saudi state media on Friday says the agreement states \u2060that an armed \u2060attack on any one of the \u2060three countries would be \u2060regarded as an \u2060attack against them all.<\/p>\n

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It reflects \u201cthe three states\u2019 shared commitment to further strengthening their collective security and to promoting peace, security, and stability in the region and beyond, in pursuit of a secure and prosperous future,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

The deal comes a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by powerful army chief Asim Munir, arrived in Saudi Arabia and performed the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also travelled to Saudi Arabia on Friday to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose country has been struck repeatedly by Iran, as well as by Tehran\u2019s Houthi allies in Yemen and Shia armed groups in Iraq, since the US and Israel attacked Iran<\/a> on February 28.<\/p>\n

The conflict has imperilled Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil exports and \u2060ambitious development plans, and raises big questions about the reliability of its longstanding US security umbrella.<\/p>\n

While Turkiye and Pakistan have avoided significant direct attacks, both are anxious to calm regional conflicts that threaten their security and economies.<\/p>\n

The deal, named the \u201cMecca Joint Defence Agreement\u201d,\u00a0follows nearly a year of negotiations. Sealing the agreement in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, adds symbolic heft to a pact that builds on longstanding bilateral military ties.<\/p>\n

Pakistan has provided training and technical assistance to Saudi forces for decades, while Turkiye and Pakistan have exchanged warships \u2060and training aircraft. In 2023, Riyadh agreed to buy Turkish drones in what Ankara called its largest defence export contract.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from the Qatari capital, Doha, said the pact \u201cessentially puts three of the largest Muslim populations together\u201d, marking the beginning of a \u201cdifferent security architecture\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan brings with it, obviously, its nuclear arsenal, battle-hardened military, and munitions it has been supplying,\u201d Bin Javaid said. \u201cTurkiye, with its advanced drone and munitions systems, is a NATO member, combined with the economic power of Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting from the Turkish capital, Ankara, Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar Atas said that while the deal was purely defensive, such agreements bring about cooperation in other sectors, too. \u201cIt\u2019s all about the trust now,\u201d Serdar said. \u201cThere are expectations in Ankara that this will also boost economic ties with Riyadh and Islamabad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdulaziz Alghashian, a senior non-resident fellow at the Gulf International Forum, told Al Jazeera that the tripartite alliance sought to merge \u201cdeterrence and diplomacy\u201d. While the pact is not against any specific actor, the analyst said it was a formula to move the region towards more stability.<\/p>\n

Retired Pakistani major-general Zahid Mahmood expressed a similar view, saying the intent was \u201ccollective security\u201d. By joining forces, the three signatories would \u201ccollectively approach the challenges the region is facing, and\u2026 help achieve stability and peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The agreement states that an \u2060attack on any one of the \u2060three countries is an \u2060attack against them…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5806,43,1259,44,9380,13341,41,39,42,40,3848],"class_list":["post-849472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-asia","tag-headlines","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-pakistan","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}