Turkey submits Saudi-Pakistan defence pact to parliament for ratification, sources say

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Turkey has submitted the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to parliament for ratification. The pact treats an armed attack on any member as an attack on all, and would bring Turkey closer to a formal mutual-defence commitment with Riyadh amid Houthi attacks.

By Huseyin Hayatsever, Nevzat Devranoglu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkey has submitted a defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to parliament for ratification, three parliamentary sources said on Tuesday, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal mutual defence pledge with Riyadh as it faces Houthi attacks. The three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in August, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.