Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Egypt and Pakistan condemn Houthi attacks at Istanbul meeting
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Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Egypt, and Pakistan met in Istanbul to condemn attacks by the Houthi militia. The group criticized strikes against civilians, civilian infrastructure, and commercial ships in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. These four nations demanded an immediate stop to all military threats and activities. They urged the Houthi group to return to the political process in good faith. The ministers expressed solidarity with the Yemeni government and Saudi Arabia.
ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Egypt and Pakistan strongly condemned the escalation by the Houthi terrorist militia in Yemen, including its attacks on Saudi Arabia, civilians and civilian infrastructure, as well as commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.The four countries called for an immediate cessation of all military activities, threats and attacks, urging the Houthis to return to the political process in good faith.The foreign ministers of the four countries, meeting in Istanbul as part of a quadrilateral ministerial group, expressed their full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government, stressing that the unacceptable Houthi escalation has aggravated the humanitarian suffering in Yemen.The meeting addressed several regional and international issues, particularly developments in Yemen and Palestine, tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, and growing threats to maritime security.In a separate expanded meeting, the four foreign ministers were joined by their counterparts from France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom to discuss Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government, the US-Israeli-Iranian conflict, developments i...
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