Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan discuss activating Mecca agreement against Houthi attacks

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the Mecca Agreement Foreign Ministers Meeting for Joint Defense on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and poses for a photo with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (L) and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (C) in New York, United States, on September 24, 2026. [Mustafa Hatipoğlu - Anadolu Agency]

Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan discussed activating the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement at a meeting in New York on Friday, as Houthi attacks target Saudi Arabia and Iran seeks to distance itself from the advances of its allies in Yemen. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the Kingdom’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, where the ministers reviewed progress in establishing the secretariat, committees and working groups under the Mecca Agreement, as well as preparations for them to begin work. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the meeting also discussed arrangements for an urgent meeting of the three countries’ chiefs of […]