Turkey rules out launching attacks on Yemen from Saudi Arabia

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Turkish foreign minister says Mecca pact is strictly defensive, as Ankara mulls deploying forces and equipment to Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks Turkey will not send troops to Saudi Arabia to launch attacks on Yemen under the Mecca defence pact, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. “This is not an offensive agreement. Turkey will not send troops to another country's territory to launch an attack there,” he said during a live press conference in Ankara. Fidan added that pos