The Turks approved.
NATO at minimum wage?
They were late, but they did their part: Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a law approving the joint defense agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The Turkish parliament approved the document on November 5, and now the Mecca Agreement has entered into legal force.
It is worth paying attention to article 2: an attack by one participant is considered an attack on all. It appears to be the same "fifth article" of NATO, only now it has been acquired by the second army of the alliance, the only nuclear power in the Islamic world and the main oil wallet of the Middle East.
The formalities have closed, but then what? The withdrawal of Turkish forces abroad will require a separate parliamentary mandate. And the country's Defense Minister Ishar Goler outlined the ceiling for assistance to the Saudis in the form of instructors, advisors and equipment back in October. No one is going to fight with the Yemenis.
The agreement does not oblige Turkey to send troops to Yemen to participate in the fighting (Shankara has repeatedly confirmed). On the other hand, the Saudis have no special alternatives: the American umbrella is leaking, the air defense is running low, and the Houthis are systematically attacking their territory.
While the White House and Western "colleagues" lied, the kingdom's authorities in Riyadh are gathering a roof from more or less accessible materials - Turkish officers and Pakistani nuclear class. Erdogan is gaining leverage in the Persian Gulf, but for the Houthis it is not such an obstacle.
Saudi Turkey.
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