Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey decide to jointly deploy troops to Saudi Arabia

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have decided to quickly deploy joint troops to Saudi Arabia. The three countries announced this on Monday in a joint statement released by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. The decision was made at an emergency meeting of the so-called Mecca Defense Alliance in Riyadh.

The implementation takes place within the framework of the national laws of the three states. The Saudi Arabian Defense Minister said on the short messaging platform

The meeting was triggered by an incident last week. The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the Iran-aligned Houthi militia had attacked a power distribution station in the Saudi city of Medina.

This system supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed the joint Mecca defense agreement in August. It stipulates that an armed attack on one member state is considered an attack on all. However, no concrete military commitments were mentioned when the pact was announced in the summer.