Senior officials from the three Mecca pact countries, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, will meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the two said Saudi Arabia would be represented by its defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, and Pakistan by its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. One of them said Turkey’s intelligence chief would also attend.
Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s top security body, told Iranian state television that Prince Khalid, General Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin would visit Tehran for consultations on regional security.
They are due to hold talks with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Saudi Arabia’s government media office, the Pakistani military’s media wing and Turkey’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
It will be Iran’s first high-level contact with the alliance as pressure mounts on Saudi Arabia from a rise in attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.
General Munir visited Tehran last week, when he met President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior Iranian officials.
Earlier this month, ministers of the Mecca pact countries held an emergency meeting in Riyadh, where they agreed to provide defence support to Saudi Arabia.
Against the backdrop of the US and Israeli military campaign against Iran, Houthi attacks are steadily adding to regional instability, putting Saudi Arabia, a US ally, at a key pressure point in the wider war.
Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the Mecca joint defence pact in August. Under the pact, an armed attack on any member is treated as an attack on all.
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