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After the recess, Adan adjourned the session until Thursday afternoon.🔴Türkiye, Pakistan ve Suudi Arabistan arasındaki Mekke Anlaşması TBMM gündeminde!
Üç ülkeden birine yönelik dış kaynaklı silahlı saldırının diğerlerine de yapılmış sayılmasını öngören anlaşmanın onaylanmasına ilişkin kanun teklifinin ilk maddesi kabul edildi.
AK Parti ve… pic.twitter.com/HX6kt7naRcOn October 20, Turkiye had submitted the pact to its parliament for ratification.
Turkiye's constitution requires separate permission from parliament to deploy troops abroad regardless of any international agreement.Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia signed the defence agreement at a trilateral summit in Makkah on August 7, pledging to strengthen collective security, deepen defence cooperation and promote peace and stability in the region and beyond.The MJDA was the latest step in longstanding military and strategic cooperation between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.
The pact establishes a framework for collective deterrence and stipulates that an armed attack on any one of the three countries would be considered an attack on all three, while providing for wider cooperation across defence.The agreement followed nearly a year of negotiations and came amid heightened instability across the Middle East.
Turkiye and Pakistan had sought closer regional security cooperation, while Saudi Arabia had faced growing security concerns as conflicts spread across the region, threatening its territory, energy infrastructure and ambitious economic development plans.The three countries already had extensive military links.
Pakistan had provided training and technical assistance to Saudi forces for decades, while Islamabad and Ankara had maintained close defence ties through military training, naval cooperation and defence equipment.
In 2023, Saudi Arabia agreed to purchase Turkish drones in what Ankara described as its largest defence export contract.
Turkish parliament adopts first article of Makkah defence pact bill Anadolu Agency | Updated 57 seconds ago | Turkish lawmakers debate individual articles of the bill after completing discussions on it as a whole.
