
The bill on common defense between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia was passed by the commission.
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The Mecca Joint Defense Treaty is a security pact that considers an attack on one of the parties as an attack on all of them. The agreement was first signed in 2025 and expanded in 2026.
The bill regarding the approval of the agreement on common defense between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia was discussed in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
"The Bill on the Approval of the Mecca Agreement for Common Defense between the Republic of Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" was accepted in the commission.
In order for the proposal to become law, it must be accepted by the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
WHAT IS THE MECCA TREATY?
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is a security and defense pact signed between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on August 7, 2026. Under this treaty, the state parties have undertaken to consider any act of aggression against one of them as an act against each of the parties to the treaty.
The defense agreement was first signed on September 17, 2025, at the Yamama Palace in Riyadh, by Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, during Sharif's state visit to Saudi Arabia. The pact was expanded with the Mecca Defense Agreement, which was signed in Mecca on August 7, 2026, with the participation of Saudi crown prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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