The chiefs of staff of the Saudi, Turkish, and Pakistani armed forces held urgent talks in Riyadh on Friday to enhance military and intelligence cooperation in response to escalating Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia. The senior military officials condemned the recent strikes targeting civilian and economic infrastructure, including areas near Makkah, and reaffirmed their collective determination to protect the Kingdom’s sovereignty and territorial integrity under the newly established Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.
The military summit follows high-level diplomatic discussions between the foreign ministers of the three countries held earlier in the week at the UN General Assembly in New York. The trilateral defense accord, signed in August, stipulates that an armed attack on any member state is considered an attack on all three. Military leaders emphasized that the Riyadh talks mark the immediate translation of these diplomatic commitments into practical and integrated defense collaboration.
