Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Plan First Defence Pact Meeting
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are meeting to discuss a new defence agreement.
Their first meeting will take place in Istanbul.
The agreement is meant to help the three countries deter attacks.
It says that an attack on one country would be treated as an attack on all three.
This is similar to a rule used by NATO.
Under that kind of rule, countries promise to support one another if attacked.
The countries' foreign and defence ministers will attend.
Their military chiefs of staff will also be present.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will hold their first defence pact meeting in Istanbul.
The meeting is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against acts of aggression.
The pact treats an armed attack on one country as an attack on all three.
The arrangement is described as similar to NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause.
Foreign and defence ministers and chiefs of staff from all three countries will attend.
- Who
- Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, represented by their foreign and defence ministers and chiefs of staff.
- What
- The three countries will hold their first meeting on a defence pact involving collective defence.
- When
- The date is not specified in the report.
- Where
- Istanbul, Turkey.
- Why
- To strengthen collective deterrence against acts of aggression.
- Participating countries
- Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
- Meeting
- First defence pact meeting
- Location
- Istanbul
- Core commitment
- An armed attack on one country would be regarded as an attack on all three.
- Stated purpose
- Strengthening collective deterrence against aggression
- Officials attending
- Foreign and defence ministers, plus chiefs of staff
- Comparison
- The arrangement is described as similar to NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause.