‘Islamic Nato’? Why Pakistan’s new defence pact has India on edge

BM Biman MukherjiSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-11 · 10:40 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have signed a new defense pact, the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which stipulates that an armed attack on any one signatory will be considered an attack on all three. This tripartite agreement follows a bilateral defense pact signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in September. Analysts in New Delhi are concerned that Pakistan might leverage this agreement to forge broader security alliances with Muslim-majority nations in India's vicinity. The pact was signed on Friday.

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The tripartite agreement followed a bilateral one between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed last September.

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The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement states that an armed attack on any one of the three countries would be treated as an attack on all of them.

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A new defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey has raised questions in New Delhi.

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Islamabad could use the agreement to build wider security ties with Muslim-majority countries in India’s neighbourhood.

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A new defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey has raised questions in New Delhi over whether Islamabad could use the agreement to build wider security ties with Muslim-majority countries in India’s neighbourhood, analysts have said.The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on Friday, states that an armed attack on any one of the three countries would be treated as an attack on all of them.The tripartite agreement followed a bilateral one between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed last September.

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