Makkah Pact officials to meet Iranian officials in Tehran

Top officials from the three Makkah Pact countries, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, are due to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, 26 October 2026, to discuss regional coordination. Business Recorder, citing two people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported the plan.

Saudi Arabia will be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, and Pakistan by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to those sources. One of them said Turkiye's head of intelligence will also take part.

Express News, citing Reuters, said the purpose of the meeting is to discuss regional coordination and security matters in the context of the ongoing war and tension in the region.

Express News described the meeting as significant because it would be the first high-level direct contact between the three members of the Makkah joint defence pact and Iran during the current tension.

According to Express News, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signed the joint defence pact in Makkah in August 2026. Under it, an armed attack on any one member is to be treated as an attack on all three, and the members agreed to take necessary steps to protect one another's territorial integrity and sovereignty.

The outlet added that in early October senior defence officials of the three countries held an emergency meeting in Riyadh. They agreed on arrangements for the rapid deployment of military capabilities and defence resources in Saudi Arabia.

The reports did not give a detailed agenda for the Tehran talks or say what outcome is expected.