Sydney, Aug. 13 -- Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has stated that the emergence of the new Mecca Defence Agreement involving Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey reflects a broader global shift towards a more distributed international order, with the Indo-Pacific absorbing significant economic fallout from Middle Eastern conflicts.

Speaking online as part of the Indo-Mediterranean Dialogues, the former Australian Prime Minister discussed the implications of the trilateral arrangement and the changing security landscape stretching from the Middle East to the Pacific.

On the wider consequences of the Mecca Defence Agreement and the conflict in the Middle East, Morrison noted that the ramifications were already being experie...