Pakistan and Turkey have clarified that the Mecca security agreement is not directed against any country.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca trilateral security agreement in Mecca last Friday. Iran has been continuously carrying out attacks on countries that host U.S. military bases in West Asia.
Likewise, Israel has also been carrying out attacks on countries including Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Syria. Similarly, following the Pahalgam terrorist attack incident, India took military action against Pakistan under the name Operation Sindoor. As a result, there is a widespread view that the Mecca security agreement has been made against these three countries.
Regarding this agreement, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said, “The Mecca Agreement has been made for self-defense. It has not been aimed at any country. The sole objective of this agreement is to further strengthen the measures taken for peace, stability, and development in this region. Pakistan looks forward to continuing to work together with all brotherly countries in the region for peace and stability. We are committed to finding peaceful solutions to all conflicts,” he said.
Similarly, in an interview given to a Turkish news agency, that country’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, “The security agreement has not been made against any third country. If any one of the three countries is attacked, it will be treated as an attack on all three countries and a response will be taken. As long as no one attacks our three countries, we will not consider any country an enemy.”
In response to the question of whether other countries would join the Mecca security agreement, he noted that some countries had expressed interest and that Egypt, a natural partner, could join in the next phase, he said.