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Pakistan to Host Makkah Defence Alliance Talks Nov 26-27Pakistan
Pakistan will host the third meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance’s top committee in Islamabad later this month, diplomatic sources say, bringing together the foreign and defence ministers and military chiefs of Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia.
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The meeting is likely to be held on November 26 and 27, according to the sources. It is expected to bring together the foreign ministers, defence ministers and military chiefs of Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, the three member countries of the alliance.
The agenda includes implementing the joint defence agreement, military cooperation, regional security, a joint defence strategy, intelligence sharing, defence production, joint training and strategic coordination between the three countries, the sources said.
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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the committee’s first meeting, while Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch led its second meeting, according to the report. Pakistan has also recently held defence talks with Turkiye, as the three countries move to give the alliance a working institutional shape.
The alliance rests on two agreements. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a strategic mutual defence agreement in Riyadh on September 17, 2025, during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit, in the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The three countries then signed the trilateral Mecca joint defence agreement on August 7, 2026, under which an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all three.
The committee held its first meeting in Istanbul on August 31, 2026, and an emergency meeting in Riyadh on October 5, 2026, after attacks on Saudi Arabia. At that meeting, the committee decided to move ahead with the practical implementation of the alliance’s collective defence commitments, including the rapid deployment of agreed military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia, and appointed retired Pakistani Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood as the alliance’s first secretary-general for a three-year term.
The Islamabad meeting will be the first time the committee gathers in Pakistan. It comes as Turkiye’s parliament moves to ratify the agreement and as the three countries deepen military coordination, with the secretariat of the alliance based in Riyadh. Further details of the meeting, including the final dates and the level of participation, are expected to be announced once the arrangements are confirmed.
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