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Turkey, Pakistan urge peaceful solution to Yemen crisis

Xinhua, April 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkey and Pakistan Friday called on Yemen's warring parties to reach a peaceful solution to end the ongoing crisis.

The appeal was made during a joint press press conference held by visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Turkey and Pakistan have decided to stand with Saudi Arabia to defend sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, Pakistan's prime minister told the conference.

Sharif's visit to Turkey came only a day after he called for a special session of parliament to consider whether to join the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.

The visit is mainly aimed at consulting with Pakistan on the current crisis in the Middle East, said a statement by Sharif's office before leaving for Turkey.

Pakistan believes in the peaceful resolution to the crisis and wishes to promote unity among the Muslim nations, said the statement.

Turkey has evacuated 55 citizens who were stranded in conflict-hit Yemen and has been transporting them from Yemen's Aden to Djibouti by a Turkish Naval Forces' frigate on Friday.

For his part, the Turkish prime minister said that Turkey hailed a deal reached between Iran and the world powers on Tehran's nuclear program as a "positive step."

Davutoglu also called all parties to act responsibly in order to move the process forward. Endit