‘Islamic Nato’ may create China opening in Middle East
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a Nato-like defence agreement in Mecca as the United States’ war on Iran prompts countries in the region to rethink security arrangements. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement stipulates that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all”, the three countries said in a joint statement. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz...
Where: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, China, United States, Turkey
Exact coordinates
saudi arabia: 23.890, 45.080
pakistan: 30.380, 69.350
iran: 32.430, 53.690
china: 35.860, 104.200
united states: 37.090, -95.710
turkey: 38.960, 35.240
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