Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan hold 'emergency meeting' amid Houthi escalation

Ezgi Akin

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defense Committee in relation to the "Makkah Joint Defense Agreement." on Aug. 31, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. — Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defense Committee in relation to the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, on Aug. 31, 2026, in Istanbul, Turkey. — Burak Kara/Getty Images

ANKARA — Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan held an emergency meeting in Riyadh on Monday under their trilateral defense pact amid ongoing Houthi attacks on the kingdom and intensifying fighting in Yemen.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and army chief Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili hosted their Turkish and Pakistani counterparts in Riyadh on Monday.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler and army chief Selcuk Bayraktaroglu joined Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and Chief of Defense Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for the trilateral talks.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also met with the delegations, according to an image released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.