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POLITICSELEVATEDAug 12 · Aug 12, 2026, 3:52 PM

Erdogan wants Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact to draw more countries

South China Morning Post

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan aimed at stabilising a region wracked by conflict. The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the US-Iran war, which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. “Our vision for it is not limited to the three...

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