Turkiye’s top officials head to Riyadh for d...

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• Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Riyadh on Monday to attend a meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee formed under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the trilateral security pact linking Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
• The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed on August 7 by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, establishing a framework built around collective deterrence and defence among the three countries.
• The Strategic Political and Defence Committee, composed of the three countries’ foreign and defence ministers along with their chiefs of General Staff, was created to guide implementation of the pact and held its inaugural meeting in Istanbul on August 31.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Riyadh on Monday to attend a meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee formed under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the trilateral security pact linking Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.

Fidan will be joined at the meeting by National Defence Minister Yasar Guler and Chief of General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, underscoring the significance Ankara has placed on the gathering. Sources said Fidan intends to present Turkiye’s views on formally institutionalizing the alliance and on next steps for its continued development, along with an assessment of threats currently facing peace and stability across the Middle East.