Washington: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey recently signed the Mecca Convention on Joint Defence, without a formal text, while reports indicate that it essentially corresponds to a clause similar to article V of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), so that any attack on a state is seen as an attack on the three states. Stephen Cook, expert at the United States Foreign Relations Council, states [...]
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Washington: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey recently signed the Mecca Convention on Joint Defence, without a formal text, while reports indicate that it essentially corresponds to a clause similar to article V of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), so that any attack on a state is seen as an attack on the three states. Stephen Cook, expert at the United States Foreign Relations Council, states [...]