Bangladesh could consider joining Mecca pact, in test for foreign ties

The three Sunni Muslim-majority countries- Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan- signed the agreement, modelled on NATO’s collective-defence principle, in the Saudi holy city of Mecca this month.

Bangladesh could consider joining the Mecca pact, a mutual defence agreement signed this month ​between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, a minister said, a move that could complicate its foreign relations, particularly with neighbouring India.