# Turkey and Pakistan to send troops to Saudi Arabia under defence pact

https://mins.news/en/item/87588

- euronews, 2026-10-06 08:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/turkey-and-pakistan-to-send-troops-to-saudi-arabia-under-defence-pact

> The three countries that signed the August Mecca Joint Defence Agreement held an emergency meeting in Riyadh and agreed to immediately begin the “rapid deployment” of military forces. The move brings together NATO’s second-largest army, the Islamic world’s only nuclear state and the Gulf’s largest power.

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