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Makkah/Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA)—>signed on 7 August 2026 at Mecca Members: Türkiye + Saudi Arabia + Pakistan; it is a trilateral, defensive mutual-security pact. Core principle: An armed attack on any one member will be regarded as an attack on all three- a collective-defence commitment broadly resembling the logic of NATO Article 5. Nature: It pledges mutual support for defence and deeper defence/security cooperation; Türkiye has stated that it is purely defensive and not directed against Iran or any particular country. Important distinction: It is separate from the 2025 Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), which was a bilateral pact signed in Riyadh on 17 September 2025; the new Makkah Agreement brings Türkiye into a new trilateral framework. Türkiye is a NATO member, Saudi Arabia is not, while Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed member of this trilateral grouping Link: https://t.me/bpscweb/37420 #CA2026 #Agreement