ISLAMABAD, September 26: The military chiefs of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have pledged to turn the commitments of their Makkah Defence Alliance into practical military cooperation. The announcement followed a meeting in Riyadh on Friday involving Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir and the Saudi and Turkish chiefs of general staff.
According to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations, the officials discussed stronger intelligence sharing, coordination among their forces and ways to combine their capabilities. They also reviewed threats facing Saudi Arabia and condemned attacks targeting Makkah and civilian and economic infrastructure.
The talks come amid renewed regional fighting and attacks involving Yemen’s Houthis. Officials presented the Riyadh meeting as a step toward making the three-country agreement operational, but the statement did not announce a specific military deployment or timetable for one.
The alliance was signed in Makkah in August. Its members later agreed to establish a permanent secretariat in Riyadh, with Pakistan providing its first secretary general. Those earlier decisions created a structure for the pact; this week’s meeting focused on how the armed forces would cooperate within it.
