00:01Turkey's urged Egypt to join a defense agreement it signed in Mecca last week with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
00:07Although details still need to be fleshed out, its central feature stipulates that an attack on any of the three
00:12states will be treated as an attack on all.
00:15President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he hopes more countries will join the deal aimed at stabilizing the region.
00:24As I stated at the beginning, this alliance is not against anyone.
00:27It merely underlines our commitment to one another's security, sovereignty and prosperity, while enhancing regional ownership.
00:35Now, are there other alliances in the region formed against us?
00:38Yes, there are.
00:40As you know, before we signed the Mecca alliance, Israel, the Greek separate administration and Greece came together and established
00:45a security alliance in the Mediterranean.
00:48No one really highlighted or brought this to the agenda, but we all know the objective of that alliance.
00:56While Egypt does have robust military cooperation with Ankara, its foreign minister says Cairo must first conduct an in-depth
01:05study of the defense pact's legal and constitutional considerations.
01:12When it comes to cooperation in defense fields, and there are obligations in this regard,
01:19it is normal that this requires in-depth studies according to the Egyptian constitution and also the country's legal obligations.
01:32The signing of the Mecca joint defense agreement comes as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the U.S.-Iran
01:38war,
01:39which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.
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