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Pakistan completes ratification of Mecca joint defense agreement
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan announced that the ratification process for the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement had been completed. Saudi Arabia has also completed the process, while issues concerning the agreement’s implementation are being discussed by a committee representing the three countries.
Pakistan has completed the ratification process for the Joint Defense Agreement signed in Mecca by Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said at a press conference on Friday that his country had completed the approval procedures for the agreement. Khan announced that Saudi Arabia had also completed its ratification process.
According to Khan, the agreement demonstrates the three countries’ shared commitment to strengthening collective defense as well as regional security and stability.
Issues related to the agreement’s implementation and the ratification processes are being discussed by the Strategic, Political and Defense Committee, which includes representatives from all three countries. The committee’s latest meeting was held on October 5.
Khan said that each country follows its own constitutional and legal procedures to ratify and bring international agreements into force, adding that Pakistan would continue to uphold the letter and spirit of the agreement.
Khan said the text was defensive in nature and consistent with the United Nations Charter. The agreement reflects the development of regional solutions to regional problems and the three countries’ shared strategic vision focused on security and stability.
The text also aims to strengthen the security of the three countries through collective deterrence and defense.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman signed the agreement in Mecca on August 7.
Source: Anadolu Ajansı
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