{"id":37467,"date":"2026-08-08T20:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/37467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:14:17","slug":"somalia-welcomes-saudi-turkiye-pakistan-defense-pact-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/37467\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia welcomes Saudi-T\u00fcrkiye-Pakistan defense pact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somalia on Friday hailed a new joint defense agreement signed by T\u00fcrkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, calling the pact a landmark move to bolster collective security and deepen defense cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the defense ministry said the agreement establishes a strategic partnership capable of addressing shared security challenges and advancing long-term defense cooperation among the three countries.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry expressed confidence that the pact would make a significant contribution to regional peace and stability while reinforcing the principles of cooperation, solidarity and shared responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the agreement would serve the interests of the region\u2019s peoples and support international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/politics\/diplomacy\/turkiye-signs-defense-pact-with-saudi-arabia-pakistan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed Friday following a summit in the Muslim holy city of Mecca <\/a>attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement between the three Muslim states brings together oil-rich Saudi Arabia and nuclear power Pakistan as well as T\u00fcrkiye, which has NATO&#8217;s second-largest army and a rapidly growing defense industry. It would increase cooperation and deterrence at a time of increased regional uncertainty and threats from the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786220057_981_JN9LXf.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Daily Sabah Newsletter\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in Turkey,<br \/>\n                    it\u2019s region and the world.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    SIGN ME UP\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n                    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somalia on Friday hailed a new joint defense agreement signed by T\u00fcrkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, calling the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[342,59,58,1954,1330,1647],"class_list":["post-37467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-africa","tag-president-of-turkiye","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkiye-pakistan-relations","tag-turkiye-saudi-arabia-relations","tag-turkiye-somalia-relations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}