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Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Pact Signed

The three countries agreed to closer defense ties amid regional tensions.

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Updated Aug 7, 8:00pm ET

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement on Aug. 7, a mutual-defense pact stating that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on all of them. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in Mecca for the signing. The pact expands Saudi-Pakistani defense cooperation to include Turkey as Riyadh faces attacks by Iran-backed Houthi forces and wider regional fallout from the Iran conflict.

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