The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement has set in motion efforts to build a “new security and cooperation architecture” in the region, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said.
Speaking in Istanbul on Monday after the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee established under the pact, Fidan said the alliance would help strengthen regional stability and reduce uncertainty.
“With this alliance, we will see greater stability gradually emerge in the region and uncertainty diminish,” Fidan said.
The agreement brings Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan into a closer defence framework amid shifting regional security dynamics.
‘Netanyahu is common enemy of humanity’
Fidan said the Mecca Defence Alliance was “established with the aim of expanding,” signalling that Ankara sees the framework as a foundation for broader regional cooperation.
He said the newly established committee would play a role in advancing the alliance’s political and defence agenda.
Fidan was also asked about recent remarks by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu portraying Türkiye as a strategic threat.
“Netanyahu, who has become a common enemy of humanity, the international community and security, is not a person to be taken seriously,” Fidan said.
“The international system must fight against the Netanyahu threat,” he added.
