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Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia to hold emergency defence meeting in Riyadh

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At a glance

  • Pakistan, Turkiye, and Saudi Arabia to hold an emergency defence committee meeting in Riyadh.
  • The meeting will address the recent increase in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
  • The committee was formed under the trilateral Makkah Accord.

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Pakistan, Turkiye, and Saudi Arabia formed a Strategic Political Defence Committee (SPDC) under the Makkah Accord. Following an increase in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the foreign ministers and army chiefs of the three nations held separate meetings in September. An emergency meeting of the full committee has now been scheduled to take place in Riyadh to address the situation.

Latest development

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced that an emergency meeting of the Strategic Political Defence Committee (SPDC), comprising Pakistan, Turkiye, and Saudi Arabia, will be held in Riyadh soon to address Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Siraj Azfar 1 hour ago

    Good to see this trilateral committee being activated for an emergency session. It shows a commitment to coordinated regional security. Does the SPDC have a mandate beyond responding to immediate threats, for longer-term stability initiatives?

    1. Ali Rana 1 hour ago

      That’s a good question. Ultimately, the success of any such security cooperation should be measured by the safety and stability it brings to ordinary people in the region, not just high-level agreements.

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