Makkah Joint Defence Agreement

Timeline

1. 31 Aug2026
   Defence

   Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan hold first defence committee meeting in Istanbul¹²³

   The first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was held in Istanbul on Monday 31 August 2026, with the foreign and defence ministers and military chiefs of Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

   • Held 31 August 2026, Istanbul
   • Turkiye: Hakan Fidan, Yasar Guler; Pakistan: Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Asif, Field Marshal Asim Munir
   • Agenda: defence cooperation, interoperability, defence industry and counter-terrorism; framework for a General Secretariat
   • Pact was signed 7 August 2026 in Makkah
2. 7 Aug2026
   Defence

   Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign Makkah Joint Defence Agreement⁴⁵⁶

   Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August 2026 at Al-Safa Palace, Makkah; an armed attack on any one is treated as an attack on all three.

   • Signed Friday 7 August 2026, Makkah
   • Signatories: Mohammed bin Salman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Shehbaz Sharif
   • Clause: attack on one is an attack on all three; wider defence cooperation
   • Follows the Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement of September 2025

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Sources

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