Mecca country officials to hold joint meeting in Tehran; discuss regional security
Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey are meeting in Tehran to discuss regional security. The talks follow escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure and aim to leverage Iran's security experience.
Why it matters
This meeting represents a significant diplomatic effort to address regional instability and the ongoing conflict involving Houthi rebels.
Senior Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials will visit Tehran on Monday for a joint meeting with Iranian officials, the first planned talk since the re-escalated Houthi conflict.The officials expected to attend are Saudi defence minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's army chief general Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported.Deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Bagheri Kani, said Munir had informed secretary Mohsen Rezaei that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan had decided to travel to Tehran and hold a joint meeting, Mehr reported.Bagheri said the four countries could use the meeting to advance regional security by drawing on what he described as Iran's successful experience in building national security during the third imposed war (US-Iran conflict).The planned talks would be the first high-level contact between Iran and all members of the three-nation bloc since Saudi Arabia has…
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