The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the historic “Mecca Joint Defence Pact” signed between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the pact at a summit at Mecca’s Al-Safa Palace on Friday.
Turkey’s state news agency reported (8 August) that the pact is not directed against any particular country. Rather, it is essentially a joint security initiative to ensure regional and global peace, stability and prosperity. Under its key term, an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on the others — that is, if one country is attacked, the others will unite to defend it.
OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha called the pact a “historic” and “important strategic step” and voiced his full support. He said: “This pact will serve as a key pillar of security and stability for the region and the entire Muslim world.”
He added that the initiative was aimed at tackling ever-new security challenges and at strengthening solidarity and bilateral partnership among OIC member states. Along with praising the three countries’ top leadership, Taha expressed hope that the pact would play a major role in establishing peace in the international community.
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