{
  "id": 369911,
  "title": "Pak-Saudi-Türkiye defence pact open to regional countries, says Dar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/pak-saudi-turkiye-defence-pact-open-to-regional-countries-says-dar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T11:22:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1535915/pak-saudi-turkiye-defence-pact-open-to-regional-countries-says-dar/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye have signed a defence pact, known as the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, which is open to other regional countries. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, potential members must be willing to follow the pact's core principles and commitments.\n\nThe agreement is described as \"purely defensive\" in nature and aims to strengthen collective deterrence, allowing signatory states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them.\n\nTurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, according to Dawn, suggested that Egypt could join the pact once technical issues are resolved, and stated that other countries have expressed interest in joining, with some requesting to remain unnamed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Pak-Saudi-Turkiye defence pact open to any other country in region, 'purely defensive': DPM Dar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/pak-saudi-turkiye-defence-pact-open-to-any-other-country-in-region",
        "published": "2026-08-09T10:16:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}