Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif urged Muslim nations to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He said the pact should expand beyond a limited group and follow a NATO-like model. The agreement includes a mutual defence clause, with further details on cooperation still being developed.
Pakistan has urged Muslim nations to set aside their differences and join its defence arrangement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, seeking to develop a military alliance modelled on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Geo News that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement should not remain an exclusive grouping and called on other Islamic nations to join the pact.
"The doors really cannot be closed to other countries. This should not be an exclusive club -- this is my personal opinion. It should expand," Asif said.
"I think that, along the lines of NATO, Muslim countries should put their own differences aside--the transactional issues or bilateral disputes they have with one another -- and stand together on this one platform," he added.
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