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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that Turkey is evaluating ways to support Saudi Arabia defensively under their joint defence pact with Pakistan. This includes assessing contributions such as air defense and electronic warfare but rules out offensive military action or troop deployment by Turkey. The three nations signed a collective defense agreement in August, responding to attacks from Yemen’s Houthi militants. Fidan emphasized that any Turkish assistance would be defensive in nature and contingent on parliamentary approval for the pact.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
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Story summary
On October 5, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar stated that a meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance’s Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) would take place in Riyadh to address Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. The SPDC, established under the trilateral "Makkah Accord" involving Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, met with representatives from all three countries present: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for Pakistan; Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defence Minister Yasar Guler, and Chief of General Staff Selcuk Bayraktaroglu for Turkey; and their Saudi counterparts. At the meeting, it was decided to deploy military forces rapidly in Saudi Arabia to enhance readiness against threats, particularly following recent attacks on holy sites like Mecca and Medina by the Houthi group.
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Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara weighing Saudi defence support, rules out offensive role
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Turkey is assessing how it can help Saudi Arabia defend against attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants under a joint defence pact with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday, ruling out Turkish participation in offensive operations.
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Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in August, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.
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The three countries have since held political and military meetings in response to the Houthi attacks.
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On Monday, the countries said they had agreed to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the "rapid deployment" of military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia.
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Speaking at a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orban in Ankara, Fidan stressed that the pact was defensive rather than offensive, saying military officials were assessing possible contributions, particularly in air defence, electronic warfare and technical support.
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"Yemen's legitimate government forces are already continuing the battle on the ground and Saudi Arabia is supporting them," Fidan said.
"But this is a defensive agreement.
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When a country party to the pact comes under attack, you stand by it in its defence.
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Turkey will not send troops to another country to carry out attacks on its territory," he said.
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Fidan said military delegations would determine Saudi Arabia's operational defence needs and what contributions Turkey and Pakistan could make.
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On Wednesday, two officials told Reuters that Turkey was sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help its fight with Houthi militants.
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Turkish officials have said any support provided at this stage would largely be in a bilateral capacity, as Turkey's parliament has not officially ratified the joint defence pact.
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Fidan said on Thursday that work was largely completed for the agreement to be submitted for parliament's approval and that they aimed to send it "as soon as possible".
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Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and a robust defence industry, has condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, voiced willingness to help meet Riyadh's technical military needs, and agreed to join a Saudi-led coalition to ensure navigational safety in the Red Sea.
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