Egypt and other countries could join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement recently concluded between Türkiye, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, according to a statement by Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
“I believe that at the next stage Egypt will also be among us in the alliance. We already act toward one another as if we were alliance members,” he said in an interview on August 8 with Anadolu News Agency. “There are a few technical issues. Once these are implemented, there is no reason for Egypt not to be part of it.”
Fidan referenced that the Iran-US war has led to attacks on US military assets in Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as attacks in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen. Nonetheless, Fidan said, “There is no common threat that we have put in writing.”
