{"id":3834,"date":"2026-11-04T20:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:03:47","slug":"turkiyes-parliament-set-to-ratify-defence-pact-with-saudi-arabia-pakistan-as-houthi-attacks-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3834","title":{"rendered":"Turkiye’s parliament set to ratify defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan as Houthi attacks mount"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turkiye\u2019s parliament is set to ratify a defence pact on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that includes a collective defence clause, committing NATO\u2019s second-largest army to Riyadh\u2019s defence as it faces attacks \u200bby Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ratification gives Ankara a formal mutual defence obligation toward Saudi Arabia, but \u200cit does not,<\/u> on its own, send Turkish forces there. Deploying military personnel would require a separate mandate from parliament.<\/p>\n

Turkiye submitted the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement \u2014 signed by the three countries in August \u2014 to parliament for ratification last month. Under the \u200bpact, whose key clause mirrors NATO\u2019s Article 5, under which an attack on one member is \u200btreated as an attack on all, the parties plan to boost defence industry cooperation \u2060and military coordination, while creating deterrence against threats.<\/p>\n

The pact was signed before the Houthis launched attacks against \u200bSaudi Arabia, and Wednesday\u2019s vote comes after a senior Iranian official told Reuters<\/em> that Tehran and Washington remain far from a deal to end their war, with Houthis stepping up attacks on Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Officials had told Reuters<\/em> last month that Turkiye\u2019s contribution to Saudi Arabia was expected to be limited to military equipment, intelligence sharing, and weapons systems.<\/p>\n

A lawmaker from Turkiye\u2019s ruling \u200bparty told Reuters<\/em> earlier that Turkiye would also submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to \u200bbe deployed to Saudi Arabia under the pact, but officials have said the scope of support for the kingdom would \u200cbe \u2060determined through collective consultations and in line with requests from Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Analysts say Turkiye, which also has a robust defence industry, can help Saudi Arabia with technical support and combat expertise, as well as air defences and electronic warfare technologies. They say that Turkish troops, advisers and military personnel are expected to be deployed to \u200bhelp install and operate \u200bsystems sent by Ankara \u2060once the planned deployment mandate is passed by parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the Makkah alliance can be one of the first case studies of the concept that is called \u2018defence \u200bas a service\u2019, in which the supplier country not only provides equipment and \u200bplatforms but \u2060also concepts, service, training, logistics as a whole, packaged together with political support and other layers of support,\u201d Arda Mevlutoglu, a defence analyst, told Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Defence Minister Yasar Guler has said Turkiye did not see its troops engaging in \u2060combat or \u200boffensive operations against the Houthis.<\/p>\n

Barin Kayaoglu, a professor of international relations \u200bat Ankara Social Sciences University and defence analyst, told Reuters<\/em> the pact would also establish a certain level of interoperability between the \u200ballies as they operate similar systems and share expertise and technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkiye\u2019s parliament is set to ratify a defence pact on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that includes a collective defence clause, committing NATO\u2019s second-largest army to Riyadh\u2019s defence as it faces attacks \u200bby Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthis. Ratification gives Ankara a formal mutual defence obligation toward Saudi Arabia, but \u200cit does not, on its own, send Turkish forces there. Deploying military personnel would require a separate mandate from parliament. Turkiye submitted the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement \u2014 signed by the three countries in August \u2014 to parliament for ratification last…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}