{
  "id": 5958926,
  "title": "Dar, Saudi and Turkish FMs follow-up on understandings reached in first Makkah Defence Alliance meeting: FO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/dar-saudi-and-turkish-fms-follow-up-on-understandings-reached-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T10:47:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027899/dar-saudi-and-turkish-fms-follow-up-on-understandings-reached-in-first-makkah-defence-alliance-meeting-fo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Foreign Office (FO) has reported that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has been in contact with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the follow-up of the inaugural meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance. The joint defence pact, signed on August 7, empowers member states to treat an attack against one as an attack against all. During the meeting in Istanbul on August 31, the three countries agreed to strengthen their defence capabilities and cooperation through joint activities, defence industry cooperation, and joint technology development and production. The FO also reported that Dar had phone calls with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday, discussing regional and international developments and following up on the understandings reached at the alliance's inaugural meeting.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Dar, Saudi counterpart discuss 'follow-up' on understanding reached in inaugural meeting of Makkah Defence Alliance: FO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/dar-saudi-counterpart-discuss-follow-up-on-understanding-reached-in",
        "published": "2026-09-06T09:53:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers discuss regional security efforts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/saudi-iranian-foreign-ministers-discuss-regional-security-efforts",
        "published": "2026-09-06T10:14:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Dar, Saudi counterpart discuss Makkah Defence Alliance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/dar-saudi-counterpart-discuss-makkah-defence-alliance",
        "published": "2026-09-06T10:45:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
}