Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan are preparing to hold an urgent meeting of their military chiefs to discuss ways to support the Kingdom under the Mecca Defense Alliance, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Friday.

Axar.az reports, citing Al Arabiya, the announcement followed a meeting in New York between Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

The three ministers strongly condemned recent attacks targeting Mecca as well as civilian and economic facilities in Saudi Arabia and affirmed the Kingdom’s right to take measures it deems appropriate to defend its security under Article 51 of the UN Charter.

They also discussed arrangements for the urgent meeting of the three countries’ chiefs of staff, which will examine ways of supporting Saudi Arabia under the defense pact.

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Defense Alliance in August. The pact stipulates that an attack on one member is considered an attack on all three. The countries held the first meeting of the agreement’s Strategic Political and Defense Committee in Istanbul on August 31 and agreed to establish a general secretariat in Saudi Arabia.