Mecca Pact military committees studying support for Saudi Arabia, says Turkish FM
Turkey's foreign minister says Mecca Pact is reviewing ways to support Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, stressing the agreement is defensive only.
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AITurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that military committees within the 'Mecca Pact' are studying how to support Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, emphasizing that the agreement is defensive and does not provide for sending troops to another country's territory to launch attacks.
Speaking at a press conference in Ankara with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orban, Fidan explained, "The Mecca Pact is a defensive agreement, not an offensive one. If a member state is attacked, the other countries stand by it."
Fidan reiterated Turkey's position, stating: "We will not send military forces to another country's territory to launch attacks there."
On a related note, Fidan warned against the Black Sea becoming a new front in the Russia-Ukraine war amid increasing attacks on civilian ships, saying: "We must not allow the Black Sea to become a new front in the Russia-Ukraine conflict."
Fidan added that "the growing attacks on civilian vessels in the Black Sea have begun to impact the security of navigation."