Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke separately by phone on Sunday with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to follow up on agreements reached at the inaugural meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance's Strategic Political and Defence Committee, held in Istanbul on 31 August. The alliance — a tripartite joint defence pact signed on 7 August by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — commits member states to treat an attack on one as an attack on all, with Pakistan set to head its secretariat for the first three years. The calls underscore the pact's momentum as the three countries work to deepen defence industry cooperation and joint technology development, with Pakistan also fielding a visit invitation from Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty amid speculation that Cairo could eventually join the grouping.