{"id":18332,"date":"2026-10-26T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18332"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:33:31","slug":"officials-from-makkah-pact-countries-to-meet-iranian-officials-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18332","title":{"rendered":"Officials from Makkah pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RAWALPINDI\/TEHRAN: Pakistan\u2019s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir is visiting Tehran on an official trip, the military\u2019s media wing said on Monday, as Iran confirmed plans for talks involving officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi on Monday that Munir, who is also chief of the army staff, was visiting the Iranian capital for an official visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said during a press briefing that the planned four-country meeting would address regional issues, including Israel\u2019s expansionist policies, the situation in Lebanon and the US war against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghaei said the proposal to convene the meeting had come from Munir and that Tehran had agreed to it following the Pakistani military chief\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iran confirms regional security discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two people with knowledge of the matter earlier told <em>Reuters<\/em> that senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye were scheduled to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia was expected to be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, while Turkiye\u2019s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, was also expected to attend, according to the sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghaei confirmed that the discussions would involve members of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement and focus on regional developments. He also said a Qatari delegation was in Iran, without providing further details about its visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saudi government media office, Pakistan\u2019s military media wing and Turkiye\u2019s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Regional tensions and Makkah defence pact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned talks come amid heightened regional tensions, including attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi movement and the ongoing US-Israeli offensive against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Munir <a href=\"https:\/\/humenglish.com\/latest\/cdf-munir-to-visit-tehran-today-as-pakistan-seeks-to-revive-us-iran-dialogue\/\">visited<\/a> Tehran last week, where he met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials. Iranian officials told him during the visit that Tehran would not hold talks with Washington until its demands were met, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan has played a key intermediary role between the United States and Iran. Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an interim peace agreement in June, but the deal quickly unravelled as fighting between Iran and the United States resumed weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye held an emergency meeting in Riyadh earlier this month and agreed to ensure the \u201crapid deployment\u201d of military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three countries signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August. Under the pact, an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement\u2019s first article states that the parties shall use \u201call necessary means\u201d to eliminate threats to one another\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty or internationally recognised borders, according to a text seen by <em>Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkiye\u2019s parliament began efforts to ratify the agreement last week, while Pakistan approved the pact last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iran confirms regional security discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two people with knowledge of the matter earlier told senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye were scheduled to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia was expected to be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, while Turkiye\u2019s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, was also expected to attend, according to the sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghaei confirmed that the discussions would involve members of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement and focus on regional developments. He also said a Qatari delegation was in Iran, without providing further details about its visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saudi government media office, Pakistan\u2019s military media wing and Turkiye\u2019s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regional tensions and Makkah defence pact<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned talks come amid heightened regional tensions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/humenglish.com\/latest\/saudi-coalition-says-intercepted-missile-after-houthis-hit-riyadh-airport\/\">attacks on Saudi Arabia<\/a> by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi movement and the ongoing US-Israeli offensive against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Munir visited Tehran last week, where he met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials. Iranian officials told him during the visit that Tehran would not hold talks with Washington until its demands were met, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan has played a key intermediary role between the United States and Iran. Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an interim peace agreement in June, but the deal quickly unravelled as fighting between Iran and the United States resumed weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye held an emergency meeting in Riyadh earlier this month and agreed to ensure the \u201crapid deployment\u201d of military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three countries signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August. Under the pact, an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement\u2019s first article states that the parties shall use \u201call necessary means\u201d to eliminate threats to one another\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty or internationally recognised borders, according to a text seen by <em>Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkiye\u2019s parliament began efforts to ratify the agreement last week, while Pakistan approved the pact last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi &#8211; Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex &amp; National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website 1 : <a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 2 : <a href=\"https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 3 : <a href=\"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><br>Website 4 : <a href=\"https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI\/TEHRAN: Pakistan\u2019s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir is visiting Tehran on an official trip, the military\u2019s media wing said on..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961.png",800,947,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961-253x300.png",253,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961-768x909.png",768,909,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961.png",800,947,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961.png",800,947,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-26T043313.961.png",800,947,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18334,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions\/18334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}