Mecca Pact inches towards India's eastern flank. What's Bangladesh's price of entry?

The new Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defence bloc, reportedly looking to add more Muslim-majority nations into the fold, is inching towards India's eastern flank, with Bangladesh keeping the door open to joining it. So far, Bangladesh has not decided if it would join the Mecca Pact. But two junior foreign-affairs ministers of the Tarique Rahman government have said Dhaka could consider it if the arrangement serves Bangladesh's national interest.Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman is also expected to visit Riyadh at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's invitation, according to reports. The question now is what Bangladesh would want in return for joining the pact being called an Islamic Nato which could complicate its ties with India.Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed the defence agreement in Makkah on August 7. Its central idea is collective deterrence. Like in Nato, an attack on one member would be treated as an attack on all three.