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Turkey rules out offensive deployments under Mecca pact
October 8, 2026 at 03:29 PM
5 reports · over 4 hours
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Ankara will not send troops to attack any country, describing the Mecca defense agreement as purely defensive.
- Fidan said the agreement signed in August is defensive and that Turkey will not send forces to another country to launch attacks.
- The alliance's strategic committee met in Riyadh on Oct. 5 to discuss deploying agreed forces and military equipment in Saudi Arabia.
- On Monday, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan agreed to immediately implement joint defense commitments and accelerate force deployment.
- The alliance appointed Pakistan's retired Lt. Gen. Noman Mahmoud as its first secretary-general for three years.





