Aug. 7 (UPI) — Officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a new defense pact on Friday, setting new stakes for conflict in the Middle East.

The specifics of the agreement were not disclosed, but the Pakistani Foreign Ministry shared a joint statement saying it ties the three countries together in deterrence of armed attacks.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry’s statement reads that the new pact is meant “to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all.”

It follows a defense pact entered by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan last year.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan posted on social media about his trip to Saudi Arabia to sign the agreement on Friday.

“Today, we paid a visit to Mecca in response to the kind invitation of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman,” Erdogan wrote, translated to English.

“On this occasion, we signed a Joint Defense Agreement as three countries. This agreement, based on collective deterrence, aims to advance our security and defense cooperation it will contribute to the development of joint prospects in the defense industry and the fight against terrorism.”

The pact is called the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. It was signed by Erdogan, bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Rayed Krimly, Saudi deputy minister for public diplomacy, wrote on social media that through the pact the three partner countries will be able to “develop joint defense capabilities.”

“The agreement does not represent an effort to establish a military axis or a sectarian bloc,” Krimly wrote. “Nor is it linked to any nuclear ambitions or arms race, rather it is focused on building sustainable capabilities.”

The three countries are in close proximity to Iran, forming a triangle around it with Pakistan bordering the country to its east, Saudi Arabia sitting across the Persian Gulf to the west and Turkey sharing a border to the northwest.