Bangladesh considering joining Mecca pact

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Harsha Kakar harshakakararticles.com Bangladesh minister for Foreign Affairs, Khalilur Rahman, stated recently that Bangladesh is actively considering joining the Mecca Pact, which currently has Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan as its founding members. The pact claims to have an arrangement akin to Article 5 of NATO, which implies an attack on one is considered as an attack on others. Rahman stated in response to a question in parliament, ‘We view the pact positively,’ adding, ‘If they express an intention to include Bangladesh in the pact, we will certainly consider it positively.’ His minister of state, Humayun Kabir, stated in a…

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