🗣 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addressed regional issues at Anadolu’s Editors’ Desk

Fidan says Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is technically same as Article 5 of NATO Treaty on collective defense

He says Mecca Joint Defense Agreement does not specify any 'common threat'

No country that does not attack us is our target under Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, Fidan adds

Turkish foreign minister says Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, which signed Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, are not expansionist countries

President Erdogan’s vision is to expand Mecca Joint Defense Agreement beyond 3 countries, bring all countries under framework if necessary, he stresses

Fidan says there will be exercises and training sessions (on Mecca Joint Defense Agreement). These are inherent to the nature of joint military alliances. Without them, you cannot demonstrate interoperability or the ability to act in unison

He believes that Egypt will also be part of the agreement in the next phase