On September 2, 2026, a closed-door online meeting titled “Collective Security in the Gulf Region: Assessments of the Mecca Pact” was held. The meeting took place as part of a joint Russian-Iranian working group involving the Primakov Center, the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University, and the Institute for Iran and Eurasia Studies (IRAS). The participants discussed the Mecca Pact, a mutual defense agreement concluded between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan.
On September 2, 2026, a closed-door online meeting titled “Collective Security in the Gulf Region: Assessments of the Mecca Pact” was held. The meeting took place as part of a joint Russian-Iranian working group involving the Primakov Center, the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University, and the Institute for Iran and Eurasia Studies (IRAS). The participants discussed the Mecca Pact, a mutual defense agreement concluded between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan.
The meeting was opened by Mehdi Sanaei, Director of the IRAS; Victoria Karslieva, Executive Director of the Primakov Center; and Maxim Suchkov, Director of the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University.
The meeting was moderated by Behzad Ahmadi, Executive Director of IRAS, and Ruslan Mamedov, Academic Director of the Primakov Center and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS.
Ivan Bocharov, RIAC Program Manager, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Russian International Affairs Council.
