Turkey builds security ties through Mecca and Badr alliances
Ankara helped establish the Mecca pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, then the Badr grouping with Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia, according to BBC Arabic.
What to know
- Turkey has taken institutional steps to deepen security cooperation across the Middle East.
- Ankara describes its approach as having regional states take the lead.
- The Mecca alliance was formed first, followed by the Badr alliance.
Turkey has moved to formalize security cooperation in the Middle East, helping to set up two groupings that pair regional states with Pakistan. According to BBC Arabic, Ankara played an active part in founding the Mecca alliance with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and later the Badr alliance with Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia.
The report frames the alliances within a foreign policy Ankara calls letting countries of the region take the lead. It does not set out the commitments each member has made, the scope of any joint operations, or how the groupings relate to existing defense arrangements. Further details of the agreements have not been given.
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