Türkiye enjoys deeply rooted historical and cultural ties with Yemen,
supports Yemen’s peace, stability and territorial integrity and exerts
efforts at all platforms in this respect.
Since the outset of the ongoing crisis in Yemen, Türkiye has supported
resolution of the problems through peace and dialogue and on the basis of
respect for legitimacy. Since the forceful seizure of Sana’a and government
institutions by Houthis, Türkiye has been supporting the legitimate Yemeni
Government and advocating an inclusive political settlement on the basis of
the established parameters, namely UN Security Council Resolution No. 2216
(2015), the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) and the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative. In this regard, Türkiye continues to
support the efforts of the UN towards a political solution and closely
follows those efforts.
In this regard, Türkiye welcomed the Stockholm Agreement reached at the end
of the UN-facilitated intra-Yemeni consultations held on 6-13 December 2018
in Sweden. Türkiye also welcomed the agreement reached between the Yemeni
parties upon the initiative of the UN in April 2022, which lasted six
months and expired in October 2022.
Türkiye supports the Presidential Leadership Council, a broad consensus
body established in April 2022.
Türkiye also closely follows the deteriorating humanitarian situation in
Yemen and continues to provide humanitarian aid, in order to help alleviate
the suffering of brotherly Yemeni people.
Upon the invitation of H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the
then-President of the Republic of Yemen H.E. Abdrabbuh Mansour Al Hadi paid
an official visit to Türkiye on 16-18 February 2016. President of the
Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen, H. E. Rashad
Muhammad Al-Alimi and H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met on 19
September 2022 on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The then Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Republic of
Yemen, Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak visited Türkiye on 21-24
December 2022 upon the invitation of H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, former Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye.