Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye will meet top Iranian leaders in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional security and efforts to de-escalate the ongoing situation, officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia have confirmed.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy secretary of the country’s top security body, as saying that the visit was part of efforts to establish “endogenous security” in West Asia.
The delegation will include Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that the talks would address the “most pressing issues threatening the region”, including Israel’s policies and developments in Palestine and Lebanon.
He added that the “top priority on the agenda would be consequences of the United States (US)-Israeli aggression against Iran and its ramifications for the entire region”.
Baqaei described the meeting as a possible first step towards a regional security framework, saying Tehran had long advocated an approach based on cooperation among countries in the region.
“We emphasise that regional security will not be ensured except by relying on the security considerations of the countries of the region,” he said, adding that recent events had demonstrated the need for trust and cooperation to achieve lasting security.
Pakistan’s military media wing also confirmed that CDF Munir was visiting Tehran but did not provide further details.
Saudi Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Rayed Krimly confirmed the visit in a post on X, saying the meetings would take place on Monday. He said that the officials would meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and security chief Mohsen Rezaei.
Krimly described the visit as part of the Makkah Defence Alliance members’ efforts to reduce tensions between parties involved in the crisis and promote dialogue and diplomatic solutions, in support of mediation efforts by Pakistan and Qatar.
He added that the visit underscored the alliance members’ role in strengthening regional security and stability.
The planned talks come as Houthi attacks have escalated in recent weeks and tensions between Washington and Tehran have intensified. They will mark the first high-level contact between Iran and all members of the Makkah Defence Alliance since Saudi Arabia became more directly involved in the conflict.
Under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, signed in August, an armed attack on one member is treated as an attack on all three.
