Mecca defense pact ministers discuss urgent meeting to support Saudi Arabia

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye discussed arrangements for an urgent meeting of the three countries' chiefs of staff to consider ways to support Saudi Arabia under the Mecca defense agreement, the Saudi Gazette reported Friday.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Ishaq Dar and Hakan Fidan held consultations at the headquarters of Saudi Arabia's permanent mission to the UN in New York.

The ministers reviewed ongoing preparations for the chiefs of staff meeting, which will examine mechanisms for supporting Saudi Arabia in line with commitments under the defense pact.

The Mecca agreement stipulates that an attack against any one of its parties constitutes an attack against all parties.