Mecca defence pact gives Pakistan a greater profile in Mid East - no doubt about it: Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary, to Karan Thapar for The Wire. ....................................... Does the three nation Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact announced last week have serious and worrying implications for India? Does it strengthen Islamabad vis-a-vis Delhi? Does it raise questions about India’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and possibly also Israel? And how should the Modi government respond to this development? Those are some of the issues I shall raise today with one of India’s most highly regarded former foreign secretaries, Shyam Saran.