Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, in response to the intensification of attacks by Houthi rebels on the country, an emergency meeting of the chiefs of staff of the armed forces of member states of the Makkah defense pact will be held.

According to a statement by the ministry, senior military commanders from three countries—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye—are currently planning and preparing to hold an urgent military meeting.

The meeting will be held within the framework of the Makkah defense agreement. Under that agreement, “any attack on any country is considered an attack on all parties.”

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not announced the time for the emergency meeting.

On the early morning of Friday, the third of Mehr, the foreign ministers of these three countries also met on the sidelines of the general debate of the United Nations in New York.

During this meeting, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan strongly condemned the attacks by the Houthi rebels on Makkah, as well as non-military and economic facilities in Saudi Arabia.