# Istanbul hosts first Mecca Defence Agreement meeting

https://mins.news/en/video/39088

- TRT World, 2026-08-31 17:21 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucz1DaYx8X4

> Türkiye is hosting Saudi and Pakistani ministers in Istanbul for the first meeting under the Mecca Defence Agreement. The pact treats an attack on any one of the three countries as an attack on all, with the ministers set to discuss areas of joint work.

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