Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a joint defence agreement stating that an attack on any one of them will be regarded as an attack on all three. The pact was announced on Friday, August 7th, 2026, following a meeting in the Saudi city of Mecca between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

This agreement aims to strengthen security ties among the three Sunni-majority nations amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The war between the US and Iran has drawn in Saudi Arabia and disrupted shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan had previously announced a joint defence pact last year. The current tripartite pact pledges mutual support but does not specify the obligations of each country. A Turkish official, quoted by Reuters, described the pact as "purely defensive in nature."

The agreement comes amid heightened regional tensions, including attacks by Iran and its allies on targets in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and a blockade of shipments following US and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28th. In Yemen, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have declared a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia and targeted Saudi airports, oil facilities, and tankers in the Red Sea last month.

Saudi Arabia has responded with strikes on Houthi positions and formed a new naval coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Pakistan's foreign ministry emphasized that an attack on any of the three states "shall be regarded as an attack against them all."

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