India, Aug. 10 -- Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the defence pact signed between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye is "purely defensive" in nature and it is not "targeted against any country".

Dar also said that the accord remains "open to any country in the region willing to uphold its fundamental principles".

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Al-Safa Palace in Islam's holiest city of Mecca.

Under the agreement, an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack against all three.

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