{"id":247442,"date":"2026-08-13T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247442\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:10:08","slug":"saudi-turkey-pakistan-mecca-pact-far-from-nato-style-defence-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247442\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Mecca pact \u2018far from\u2019 Nato-style defence alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3363452\/china-waits-wings-mecca-pact-signals-gulf-shift-away-us-security-umbrella?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The security pact<\/a> signed on Friday by three of the world\u2019s most powerful Muslim nations with a vow to enhance collective deterrence remains far from what many are calling an Islamic Nato, according to experts.The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf\u2019s top oil exporter, Nato member Turkey and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3354781\/china-praises-pakistans-middle-east-peace-efforts-both-sides-pledge-close-coordination?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pakistan<\/a>, a nuclear-armed South Asian state, would be challenged by diverging strategic interests and weak mutual defence capacity, they said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Mecca pact\u2019s statement that an armed attack on any of the three would be viewed as an attack on all was technically similar to the defence principle outlined in Article 5 of the transatlantic security alliance, Turkey\u2019s top diplomat Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, he also stressed that the deal was not directed against Iran or any other country \u2013 as long as the pact\u2019s member states were not attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran appears unfazed, describing the Mecca pact \u2013 signed amid months of Middle East conflict sparked by the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-israel-war-iran?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US-Israeli attack on Iran<\/a> on February 28 \u2013 as a response to Israel\u2019s ambitions and declining regional confidence in US security guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>Trump thanks China\u2019s Xi, Russia\u2019s Putin for being \u2018neutral\u2019 in Iran war<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Despite agreeing to resume negotiations, Washington and Tehran have continued to exchange fire. Most recently, both sides have made fresh demands and opposing claims over the Strait of Hormuz, further dimming hopes for a comprehensive deal to end the war soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The security pact signed on Friday by three of the world\u2019s most powerful Muslim nations with a vow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[799,51917,655,2214,651,708,138,34,37,68769,68770,68768,16722,650,39,271],"class_list":["post-247442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-afghanistan","tag-china-arab-research-institute","tag-egypt","tag-gulf-cooperation-council","tag-hakan-fidan","tag-houthi","tag-india","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-jesse-marks","tag-mecca-joint-defence-agreement","tag-middle-east-strategic-alliance","tag-niu-xinchun","tag-pakistan","tag-persian-gulf","tag-qatar"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117087897030622459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}