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“Turkey's approval of Makkah pact takes effect as it signs separate defence agreement with Qatar”

“Turkey’s law approving the Makkah Defence Pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan took effect on Saturday, a day after Ankara signed a separate mutual defence agreement with Qatar.”

Turkey approves Makkah Defence Pact and signs mutual defence deal with Qatar

Key points

  • Turkey's law approving the Makkah Defence Pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan took effect.
  • Ankara signed a separate mutual defence agreement with Qatar a day earlier.
  • Parliament ratified the pact on November 5 by 279 to 119 votes.
  • The pact aims to strengthen military coordination, intelligence sharing and defence industry cooperation.
  • Ankara ruled out deploying troops to fight Houthis under the Makkah Defence Pact.
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