- Turkiye sent a defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to parliament for approval.
Updated 20 October 2026 13:42
ANKARA: Turkiye has sent the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, a defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, to parliament to be ratified, three parliamentary sources said on Tuesday.
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus, who is in Kyrgyzstan at the moment, will submit the agreement to parliament’s foreign foreign affairs commission after returning to Turkiye, two of the sources said.