️🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 Newsweek: Erdogan announced that Turkey has signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, pledging to treat an armed attack on any member as an attack on all.

️🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 Newsweek: Erdogan announced that Turkey has signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, pledging to treat an armed attack on any member as an attack on all.

In the interview, he said that Turkey will remain in NATO while deepening ties with China, maintaining open channels with the US and Iran, and that the support could include intelligence, logistics, ammunition and possibly advanced military assistance.

He emphasized that the agreement is based on Article 51 of the UN Charter and that Turkey's role is to increase regional deterrence without an automatic military response, reflecting his view that the world's center of gravity is changing.