{"id":124897,"date":"2026-09-06T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=124897"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:30:51","slug":"ishaq-dar-saudi-and-turkish-fms-review-makkah-defence-alliance-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/ishaq-dar-saudi-and-turkish-fms-review-makkah-defence-alliance-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishaq Dar, Saudi and Turkish FMs review Makkah Defence Alliance cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar separately spoke with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Foreign Minister of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye Hakan Fidan and exchanged views on regional and international developments, including matters of mutual interest at multilateral fora.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">In a telephonic conversation, the two foreign ministers also discussed follow-up on the understandings reached at the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee of the Makkah Defence Alliance, held in Istanbul, and agreed to remain in close contact, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The DPM\/FM separately spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and thanked him for hosting the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">They followed up on the understandings reached at the meeting and discussed ways to further advance cooperation within the Makkah Defence Alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The two foreign ministers also exchanged views on regional and international developments.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed matters of mutual interest and opportunities to further strengthen cooperation at multilateral fora and agreed to remain in close contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar separately spoke with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Foreign Minister of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye Hakan Fidan and exchanged views on regional and international developments, including matters of mutual [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":124911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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