Archiv: Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (Pakistan / Saudi Arabien / Turkey)


08.08.2026 - 21:12 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Saudi Arabia strongly condemns Iranian attack on UAE tanker in Strait of Hormuz

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia‘s strongest condemnation of the targeting of a UAE tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “These unacceptable attacks constitute an assault on the security and safety of maritime navigation and global energy supplies,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

Saudi Arabia affirmed that Iran‘s continued perpetration of these attacks is a grave violation of international laws and norms, including Security Council Resolution 2817, which guarantees freedom of navigation and safe passage in international waterways.

07.08.2026 - 19:43 [ Middle East Monitor ]

‘Attack on one is attack on all’: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign landmark Mecca defence pact

“The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression” and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three countries “would be regarded as an attack on all”, according to a joint statement cited by Reuters.

The pact brings together NATO member Turkiye, which has the alliance’s second-largest military, nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, one of the Gulf’s most powerful states and the world’s leading oil exporters.