Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in the Saudi city of Mecca on Friday to sign a pact called the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. Saudi Arabia already has a mutual defense agreement with Pakistan, signed in September 2025. The other members of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement do not seem eager to get involved in Turkey’s territorial arguments with Greece, or Pakistan’s rivalry with India. The leftist outlet New York Times (NYT) reported that Egypt “participated in early discussions” about the joint defense agreement, but was not involved in the signing on Friday. A Turkish official said there would be opportunities for other regional powers to join the defense agreement.