Officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye are holding strategic political and defence talks in Riyadh on October 5 under a trilateral mechanism established by the Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence.
Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Strategic Political and Defence Committee established under the agreement would meet in the Saudi capital.
According to the Turkish ministry, Türkiye is represented by senior officials from its foreign and defence ministries and armed forces, alongside Pakistani and Saudi counterparts.
The agenda includes regional developments and work on the institutionalisation of the alliance, the ministry said.
The meeting gives the three countries a formal forum for discussing political and defence issues at a time of heightened regional security concerns.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have longstanding defence ties, while Türkiye and Pakistan also maintain close defence and diplomatic relations. The trilateral committee brings those relationships into a three-country framework.
The Turkish announcement identifies the meeting as part of the Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence. The talks themselves should not be interpreted as evidence of any new military operation, deployment or additional agreement unless the participating governments announce one.
The institutionalisation element is significant because it concerns how the trilateral framework may operate on a continuing basis rather than as a single meeting.
Any concrete decisions emerging from the Riyadh talks will depend on official statements from the three governments following the meeting.
For Pakistan, the discussions add another multilateral channel to its security relationships with Saudi Arabia and Türkiye while giving the three sides a venue to coordinate their assessments of regional developments.