The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mecca Agreement for Joint Defense took place on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten:

And now, with the ICC under attack, the writing is truly on the wall. After all, how can you possibly be opposed to prosecuting the very worst crimes?

And I believe there can be only one response: to say, hands off the ICC and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Yemen:

The Houthis are responsible for their own actions. They don't take direction from us.

As those who are resisting in the region, based on the situations that have been imposed on them, we have contacts with them.

There is no systematic relationship.

Q: Will you give up the 60% enriched uranium?

Pezeshkian: Yes, within the framework of international law, based on the Nonproliferation Treaty. Whatever we are supposed to adhere to, we will.

Trump:

Xi and I both understand that we represent different systems, but the ties between our people endure, and we’ve never gotten along better.

Trump goes off script and starts talking about his planned ballroom.

Trump has a gift for President Xi.

Xi Jinping:

Today, Trump and I had sincere and in-depth exchanges and reached common understanding on many issues.

This has added new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability and provided new strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations.

Xi Jinping:

Over 80 years ago, the Chinese and American people stood shoulder to shoulder in a fight against Japanese militarist aggressors.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chinese soldiers and civilians rescued hundreds of American pilots at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives.

Such a friendship forged in blood and fire would surely live on through the generations.

Xi Jinping:

President Trump has pledged to make America great again and lead the American people in making significant strides. China is committed to achieving great national rejuvenation, and Chinese modernization has kept breaking new ground.

These two goals are both ambitious and can surely be mutually reinforcing. China and the United States must act as responsible major countries, meet the expectations of our peoples, keep pace with the trend of our times, and explore a new approach for major countries to get along with each other.

Xi Jinping to Trump:

The friendship between the two peoples is a worthy cause that holds great promise. Let us join hands and move forward side by side.

Together, let us nurture the beautiful flowers of Sino-U.S. friendship. Together, let us write a new chapter in our friendly relations.

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša on Palestine:

We must also be willing to ask difficult questions about how Palestine is discussed and used politically.

A majority position does not by itself determine what is right.

The right of a democratic state and its people to defend themselves against terrorism must be recognized and upheld not only in the words.

Civilian suffering is tragic and must be addressed, but it can never justify terrorism or the pursuit of political objectives through violence.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

Greece has established a durable and deep strategic partnership with Israel while at the same time maintaining strong ties with the Arab world.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Türkiye:

It is a delicate relationship. It's a relationship that carries the weight of history.

And indeed, given broader and regional challenges, the situation calls, urgently calls for a common understanding on how we move forward. An understanding grounded in full respect for international law and the principles of good neighborly relations.

After all, as I've said repeatedly, we cannot change our geography. We are destined to live side by side. And I repeat that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the only institutional framework to solve our only longlasting dispute concerning the delimitation of our continental shelf and our exclusive economic zones.

Colombia’s new government has cut diplomatic ties with Iran, saying the move was based on “hemispheric national security” concerns.

BIG: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye , and Pakistan are convening an urgent chiefs-of-staff meeting under their Mecca Joint Defence Pact after intensifying Houthi attacks on Saudi territory.

This is the first activation-level move under the pact, which treats an attack on one as an attack on all three.

The trigger: Saudi air defenses intercepted six ballistic missiles targeting Taif and Yanbu on September 24, with separate Houthi claims of hitting Riyadh and Aramco sites.

France has also offered troops, radars, and air defense for Yanbu.

No specific military support announced yet, any deployment requires a formal Saudi request.

Putin's envoy Dmitriev is in New York, reportedly to meet with Witkoff and Kushner.

WATCH: Israeli delegation went around the UN hall checking which delegations had left during Netanyahu's speech.