Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to hold urgent meeting after…

Islamabad (Caasimada Online) – The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, has announced an urgent meeting of the political and defense strategy committee regarding the Makkah agreement.

The meeting comes at a time of security tension in the region following attacks by the Houthis inside Saudi Arabia, and it is expected that committee members will discuss the situation and the response from the defense cooperation side.

Ishaq Dar stated that the meeting will take place next week. The political and defense strategy committee of the Makkah agreement is the body designated to coordinate the political and defense aspects outlined in the agreement.

Therefore, the political and defense strategy committee plays an important role in linking the consultations of the three countries, especially when security situations arise that require member countries to jointly deliberate.

The agreement was signed weeks before the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, and this new meeting will be one of the first tests to evaluate how such a cooperative framework can respond to an emerging security situation.

Ishaq Dar mentioned that the upcoming meeting will focus on the Houthi attacks and the resulting security situation, while it is also expected that discussions will cover the steps the three countries can take using the framework outlined in the Makkah agreement.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in the city of Makkah on August 7, which stipulates that an armed attack against one of the three countries is recognized as an attack against all of them.

} The agreement also stipulates that the three countries will expand their defense cooperation and joint capabilities to counter threats.

At the end of August, the foreign and defense ministers and military commanders of the three countries held the first meeting of the political and defense committee of the agreement in Istanbul.

They agreed to establish a permanent secretariat in Riyadh to manage the operations of the agreement, with the first secretary general coming from Pakistan for a period of three years. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan also met in New York.

The new crisis in Yemen is now becoming the first major test that could demonstrate how the agreement operates in a real combat situation.

The Houthis, who receive support from Iran, have warned Ankara and Islamabad against directly involving themselves in the Yemen conflict.