Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact

The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the U.S.-Iran war which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.

Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday. "Our vision for it is not limited to the three countrie

The so-called "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" was signed on Friday as the regional grapples with fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan aimed at stabilising a region wracked by conflict. The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples