Joint Defense Agreement: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, news & updates

[hyperman]

MDA

 

[chinasun]

Pakistan Says More Muslim Nations Keen to Join Defense Pact

Pakistan said six to seven Muslim-majority countries are interested in joining the Mecca Defense Agreement, as top diplomats from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey met in Istanbul on Monday to discuss security and military cooperation.

 

[hyperman]

I see a lot of people talking about expanding, I don't see it expanding anytime soon. It needs to be fortified first and made more structural otherwise it will be useless. The more you add, the more you dilute, and when ground rules and frameworks are not in place, all it creates is spoilers.

The ones who want to join need to understand its the founding 3 who will set the agenda, and they will have to adapt to that framwork, instead of a situation where some new member comes in and starts vetoing stuff and spoiling things.

 

[maxpane]

 

[Death_Zone]

Pakistan Says More Muslim Nations Keen to Join Defense Pact

Pakistan said six to seven Muslim-majority countries are interested in joining the Mecca Defense Agreement, as top diplomats from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey met in Istanbul on Monday to discuss security and military cooperation.

It's a natural move.
A kind of muslim NATO ?

 

[Ali_Baba]

MDA

Maybe the next meeting, they can agree on a new logo for it? Like NATO has one - lol.

 

[RocketLaw]

Not just Pakistan Army chief, there are also two other Army chief too from Turkey and Saudi Arabia

 

[maxpane]

@mods plz change the title now Mecca Defence Alliance

 

[hodor]

Turkey is too serious in this unlike both KSA and Pakistan.

We are going to whip you all into shape

 

[Ali_Baba]

Not just Pakistan Army chief, there are also two other Army chief too from Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Are the other army chiefs there for "protocol", ie since Munir was there, the others "had" to be there to ensure protocol is maintained and that Munir as a Army general is not treated higher than his peers and more senior people there ?

 

[RocketLaw]

Please don't add more countries or it will become like the OIC - 60 years with little development and no mutual understanding since Gaza?!

We should stay focused on these 3 countries (Saudi, Turkey and Pakistan) and work together to develop further.

Member States

The 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, representing the collective voice of the Muslim world.

www.oic-oci.org

3 Countries should reject 6-7 extra countries and should postpone their applications to 100 years later.

 

[Yasser76]

Please don't add more countries or it will become like the OIC - 60 years with little development and no mutual understanding since Gaza?!

We should stay focused on these 3 countries (Saudi, Turkey and Pakistan) and work together to develop further.

Member States

The 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, representing the collective voice of the Muslim world.

www.oic-oci.org

3 Countries should reject 6-7 extra countries and should postpone their applications to 100 years later.

This is the issue, if there is a geniune NATO Article 5 clause, it should not matter how many join, any attack will be reppelled by all. In the absence of that, as you point out, too many members will stifle decision making and this will just turn into a talking shop like OIC.

Lets see what happens....