Exclusive: Full text of the Mecca defence pact signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

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The agreement commits the three countries to mutual defence, military assistance, intelligence sharing and defence industry cooperation, barring withdrawal for the first 10 years The Turkish government submitted the text of the Mecca Defence Pact to the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday. The pact, signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in August, establishes a new international defence alliance that commits the signatories to one another’s defence, similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Tre