Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Officials To Meet Iran Leaders Over Regional Security.
Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are scheduled to meet Iranian leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level engagement since Saudi Arabia became increasingly involved in the wider conflict with Iran.
Saudi Arabia will be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Turkey by intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, according to Saudi and Iranian officials.
The meeting comes amid escalating tensions across the region, with attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement intensifying in recent weeks and rhetoric between Washington and Tehran becoming increasingly hostile.
Both the United States and Iran have also drawn up plans for a possible resumption of the wider war, potentially after the November 3 US midterm elections. The talks will mark the first high-level contact between Iran and all three members of the bloc since Saudi Arabia was drawn deeper into the conflict. Under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed in August, an armed attack against one member is considered an attack against all. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that discussions on regional security would cover Israel’s expansionist policies, developments in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, and the consequences of US and Israeli military action against Iran.
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