‘Attack on one is attack on all’: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign landmark Mecca defence pact

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have signed a landmark joint defence pact declaring that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack on all. The pact is seen as a major development that could reshape regional security amid Israel’s expansionist wars and growing uncertainty over the reliability of the US security umbrella. The “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement”, signed today, is intended to strengthen collective deterrence and security cooperation between three of the Muslim world’s most militarily and strategically significant states. “The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression” and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three countries “would be regarded as an attack on […]