Turkey reaffirms support for Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks and calls for freedom of navigation
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expresses his country's support for Saudi Arabia in facing Houthi attacks and calls for securing navigation.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Baghdad, October 17 (KUNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed his country’s support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of “Houthi” aggression, emphasizing the need to ensure navigation in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab. Speaking at the 52nd session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad, Fidan said, “Recent developments in Yemen and Houthi attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are of concern to all,” reaffirming his country’s stance alongside the Kingdom and the legitimate Yemeni government, and stressing the necessity of securing freedom of movement and navigation through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, as they constitute a crucial element of food security.
On the Palestinian issue, Fidan stated that “Israel’s expansionist policies and mass massacres pose a major challenge to regional security,” calling for efforts to counter these actions and to continue working toward collective measures and engaging the international community to urge the United States to pressure Israel to halt its policies.
The 52nd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, attended by Kuwait, whose delegation is headed by Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the OIC and Consul General in Jeddah, Yousef Al-Tineeb, commenced earlier today. (End) E.H.H./A.M.S.
