Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani officials set for talks with Iran in Tehran

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are due to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Oct.

26.

The talks are expected to include Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan army chief Asim Munir and Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.

The meeting brings all three members of the Mecca defence pact into high-level contact with Iran for the first time since attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis escalated.

Saudi Arabia said it intercepted another wave of missiles and drones on Oct.

25 as fighting continued.

The pact says an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all, and its members have discussed deploying military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia.

The talks are intended to address regional security and support efforts to reduce tensions through diplomacy.

Officials are also expected to meet Iran’s president and a senior security official, but no further steps from the talks have been announced.