{
  "id": 4679028,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agree to establish secretariat under joint defence pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-agree-to-establish-secretariat-under",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:46:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-agree-establish-secretariat-under-joint-defence"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Aug 31 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to establish a secretariat in Saudi Arabia under their Mecca joint defence agreement, which will initially be headed by a Pakistani secretary-general for three years, the three countries said in a joint statement on Monday. • The three countries' representatives met in Istanbul on Monday. • The countries will work to strengthen their…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia hold inaugural meeting of defense alliance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/turkey-pakistan-and-saudi-arabia-hold-inaugural-meeting-of-defense",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:45:00.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}