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Moscow views the Mecca agreement as a calculated addition of national forces rather than a simple declaration of Islamic solidarity, and is relaying Tehran's anger without filter.

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Dhaka is closely watching Pakistan, the only Muslim country with nuclear capabilities, as it becomes a key player in the new Sunni defense pact sealed with Riyadh and Ankara.

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Brussels frames the signing of the pact as part of its ongoing narrative on the Middle East war, without giving it autonomous treatment.

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Ottawa views this pact in light of the declining reliability of its American ally in the Gulf, a division that Canadian media itself illustrates by situating the signing sometimes in Mecca, sometimes in Jeddah.

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Beijing frames the Mecca agreement as an extension of the US-Israeli war against Iran, rather than the narrative of Islamic solidarity presented by the three signatories.

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Berlin views the Mecca pact as an alliance with anti-Iranian undertones, while also relaying the nuances from Riyadh and Islamabad regarding its actual scope.

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France views the Mecca defense pact as a sign of growing distrust among Washington's Sunni allies towards an American partner deemed increasingly unreliable.

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New Delhi is scrutinizing the Mecca pact through its most sensitive aspect: the nuclear and military role of its rival, Pakistan, in a three-pronged alliance with Riyadh and Ankara.

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Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, is celebrating the Mecca agreement as a historic recognition of its defense capabilities, driven by the Shehbaz Sharif-Asim Munir duo.

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Doha views the Mecca agreement through the dual lens of its own media outlets, framing it as a sign of growing doubts towards Washington rather than a overtly anti-Iranian axis.

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Riyadhh immediately defuses the debate over the nature of the Mecca pact: neither a military axis nor a sectarian bloc, it emphasizes.

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Singapore is gauging the Mecca agreement in terms of the maritime routes it could disrupt, between the tense Strait of Hormuz and more expensive oil.

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Ankara carefully distinguishes this Sunni pact from its NATO membership, while Cumhuriyet detects the risk of a rift with the West.

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