7 August 2026 18:31 (UTC+04:00)Ulviyya Poladova Read moreTürkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have signed a Joint Defense Agreement, establishing a trilateral military alliance, AzerNEWS reports. The agreement was signed on August 7 during the Joint Defense Summit held at Al Safa Palace in Makkah. The document was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The agreement is designed to strengthen collective deterrence and significantly expand defense cooperation between the three countries across all areas of military collaboration. One of the alliance's potential areas of cooperation could involve Saudi Arabia and Pakistan joining Türkiye's KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet development program.