The first meeting of the Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey Committee under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was held in Istanbul today, in which the foreign ministers, defense ministers and military leadership of the three countries participated.
Talking to the media after the meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the purpose of the meeting is to promote regional peace and stability.
The Turkish Foreign Minister said that various measures for institution building were discussed in the meeting, and the decisions taken in the meeting will prove fruitful.
The Turkish Foreign Minister further said that the alliance of Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is based on international law, our alliance is not against any specific state.
He added that we have started establishing the structure of the alliance, and various measures for institution building were discussed.
Hakan Fidan said that work is being done to prepare a roadmap for the inclusion of more countries in the agreement.
The agreement will be called ‘Mecca Defense Alliance’: Turkish Foreign Minister
The Turkish Foreign Minister said that the trilateral agreement will be called ‘Mecca Defense Alliance’ and the first Secretary General of this alliance will be from Pakistan.
The agenda of the meeting included determining common responsibility in the context of increasing regional and global tensions and considering global and regional security issues and further strengthening the defense capabilities of the three countries.
The agenda also included considering increasing coordination between the armed forces of the three countries and reviewing cooperation in the fields of joint production, research and development in the defense industry.
Issues of making joint efforts against terrorism more effective were also included in the agenda of the meeting.
The aim of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is to promote security, peace, stability and prosperity and to further strengthen joint defense capabilities and collective deterrence.
Under this agreement, an attack on one of the member countries will be considered an attack on all three countries.
