MILITARY● ELEVATEDAug 10 · Aug 10, 2026, 1:56 AM
Pakistan says ‘purely defensive’ Mecca accord is open to others
South China Morning Post
Pakistan’s foreign minister said a new defence agreement his country signed with Saudi Arabia and Turkey was not directed against any country and remained open to other nations in the region. The landmark Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the three countries seek to deepen security cooperation amid heightened tensions between the United States and...
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