# CNA Explains: What is the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement?

https://mins.news/en/video/24196

- CNA, 2026-08-17 13:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQePEdFxK64

> Türkiye is seeking to expand its Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly suggested that Egypt could join, while saying the pact may admit more members. Dubbed “Islamic NATO” by observers, it includes a mutual-defence clause treating an attack on one member as an attack on all.

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