Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the Mecca Agreement, a tripartite defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, does not designate Iran as a shared threat. Fidan stressed to Anadolu Agency that there is no shared threat written explicitly in the agreement.
Fidan explained that the agreement does not target any country that does not attack the signatory states. He said discussions about this initiative had been ongoing for some time, even before the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran.
Fidan emphasised that Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan are not countries with expansionist policies, but rather countries concerned with their own borders, issues, and development. He added that the three countries want to make a positive contribution to their region through good relations and positive neighbourly attitudes.
The organisation is oriented towards defence, not attack or offensive approaches, Fidan said. He stated that the alliance cannot have disagreements with any country unless one of its members is attacked from within or outside the region.
Fidan described the agreement as a historic day and one of the important milestones pursued by Turkey under the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The agreement has a clause similar to NATO stating that an attack on any one of the three countries will be considered an attack on all three members.
