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- Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement.
- U.S. President Donald Trump said he was very happy with the pact.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump and said the pact averted a nuclear catastrophe.
- At NATO’s Hague summit in June 2025, members agreed to raise defence spending to 5 % of GDP by 2035.
