Foreign Affairs: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday that would consider an attack on any one country an attack on all three, officials said, bolstering cooperation between the three regional powers at a time of growing security concerns.
According to the AP news agency published on August 8, 2026, the agreement was signed in the holy city of Mecca by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Sebastien Sharif, according to a statement from the three countries.
The so-called “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement” The three Sunni Muslim-majority states bring together oil-rich Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan, as well as Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and a rapidly growing defense industry. It will enhance cooperation and deterrence at a time of heightened regional uncertainty and the threat of war with Iran. “The agreement aims to strengthen mutual deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three states will be considered an attack against them all,” the statement read.
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