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Mecca country officials to hold joint meeting in Tehran; discuss regional security

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Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey will meet with Iranian counterparts in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional security amid increased conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels. The meeting includes Saudi defense minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief General Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, along with Iranian officials. This is the first high-level contact among these nations since the escalation of attacks by the Houthis against Saudi infrastructure.

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On October 26, top officials from the Mecca Pact countries—Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—met with Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss regional security. The meeting involved Prince Khalid bin Salman (Saudi defense minister), Field Marshal Asim Munir (Pakistan’s army chief and Chief of Defence Forces), and Ibrahim Kalin (Turkish intelligence chief). They discussed strategies to ease tensions amid the re-escalation of conflicts in the region, particularly regarding the Houthi conflict in Yemen. The meeting aimed to prevent a flare-up between Iran and other regional or global powers like the US and Israel. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif later clarified that his non-participation in these discussions was due to it not being under his ministry's mandate, responding to criticism from Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

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Deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Bagheri Kani, said Munir had informed secretary Mohsen Rezaei that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan had decided to travel to Tehran and hold a joint meeting, Mehr reported.

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Senior Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials will visit Tehran on Monday for a joint meeting with Iranian officials, the first planned talk since the re-escalated Houthi conflict. asserted

officials → visit → conflict

The officials expected to attend are Saudi defence minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's army chief general Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported. asserted

agency → expect → Munir

Mehr → say → meeting

Bagheri said the four countries could use the meeting to advance regional security by drawing on what he described as Iran's successful experience in building national security during the third imposed war (US-Iran conflict). uncertain

he → say → war

The planned talks would be the first high-level contact between Iran and all members of the three-nation bloc since Saudi Arabia has come under escalating attacks from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, Reuters reported. asserted

Reuters → plan → Houthis

On Monday, the Houthis said they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, Reuters reported. asserted

Reuters → say → stations

The rebel group has been launching ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi airports, ports and oil installations, making the kingdom a pressure point in the wider conflict. asserted

kingdom → launch → conflict

Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Sanaa, including one it said had been used to fire a missile towards Riyadh that was intercepted. asserted

that → lead → Riyadh

In a statement on X, the coalition claimed it had destroyed five tunnels used to store ballistic missiles and four ballistic missile launch platforms. asserted

it → claim → missiles

It also said it had struck a missile depot and targeted Houthi supply routes between areas under the group's control. asserted

it → say → control

The coalition added that the operation targeted Houthi fortifications, gatherings of its members and military equipment along front lines inside Yemen. asserted

operation → add → Yemen