Key takeaways by Insider Paper
- Turkey says Mecca Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not aimed at any particular country.
- Agreement will strengthen shared security and collective deterrence of the three nations.
- Officials say it will contribute to preserving peace and stability in the region amid US-Iran tensions.
Turkey insisted on Friday that its joint defence pact signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan amid the US-Iran war was “not aimed at any particular country”.
“The Mecca Agreement, which is not aimed at any particular country, will strengthen the shared security and collective deterrence of the three nations… thereby making significant contributions to the preservation of peace and stability in our region,” Burhanettin Duran, the Turkish presidency’s communications director, posted on X.
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