TEHRAN – Pakistan Iran, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye agreed to continue negotiations on regional security and closer cooperation, keeping a diplomatic channel open as war and mounting tensions threaten stability across the region.
Iranian authorities host four-party meeting in Tehran where participants reviewed the regional peace and security situation and explored opportunities to strengthen cooperation. All four sides agreed unanimously to continue the dialogue. The announcement outlined a commitment to further talks but provided no details of a ceasefire arrangement, implementation timetable or new security agreement.
Hosted by Major General Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the meeting brought senior Iranian officials together with representatives of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye. Pakistan’s delegation included Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. According to international news agencies cited in the reports, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman represented Riyadh, while Türkiye sent its intelligence chief.
Field Marshal Munir had arrived in Tehran earlier on an official visit. The discussions focused on security challenges and opportunities for regional cooperation against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict.
The meeting was described as the first direct, high-level engagement during the current confrontation between Iran and the three countries identified in the reports as members of the Makkah Joint Defence Pact.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the proposal for the four-party meeting came from Field Marshal Munir during his previous visit to Iran. Iranian authorities subsequently accepted the initiative. Baghaei said Tehran was hosting the three delegations to examine possible ways of reducing regional tensions.
He identified several issues for discussion, including what he described as Israel’s expansionist policies, developments in Lebanon and the regional consequences of US and Israeli military operations against Iran. Iranian officials also presented the engagement as a possible opening towards a broader regional security framework—one shaped around the interests of countries within the region.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Pact in August 2026, committing to treat an armed attack against any one member as an attack against all three. The agreement provides for necessary measures to safeguard the members’ sovereignty, territorial integrity and internationally recognised borders.
Senior defence officials from the three countries subsequently held an emergency meeting in Riyadh in early October, where they agreed on arrangements for the rapid deployment of troops and defence capabilities to Saudi Arabia amid worsening regional security concerns.
Tehran talks have now added a diplomatic channel alongside those defence commitments, with all four countries agreeing that engagement should continue as the conflict unfolds.
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