New Secretary General Appointed at the Extraordinary Meeting Held on the Same Day as the Yemen Operation

AYDIN ​​HASAN Ankara - It was noteworthy that the extraordinary meeting was held on the same day as the operation launched by the Yemeni army against the Houthis with the air support of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Chief of General Staff Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu from Turkey attended the meeting; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishak Dar, Commander of Defense Forces and Commander of Land Forces Marshal Syed Asim Munir from Pakistan; Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud and Chief of General Staff General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al Ruwaili attended from Saudi Arabia. Chiefs of General Staff attended the meeting wearing camouflage uniforms.

Secretary General appointed

In the statement in the joint statement, "As an institutional development, the committee has decided to appoint Retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as the Secretary General for a term of three years. The Parties condemned in the strongest terms the attempt to target Mecca and Medina and the ongoing attacks on cities and civilian and economic facilities in Saudi Arabia; they confirmed that they absolutely reject any attack or threat to the security and territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia. The Committee agreed on the agreement of military forces and capabilities." "It has decided to take measures for the provision of military equipment to Saudi Arabia within the framework of the regulations and their rapid deployment, and to strengthen the preparedness, military integration and collective capacity to combat threats."

We discussed military support

Making a statement after the meeting, Minister Fidan said, "We had an extraordinary meeting due to the events that developed in the Yemen-Saudi Arabia equation. We had issues related to institutionalization. There was the issue of appointment and approval of the new secretary general. What kind of support can be given for the defense of Saudi Arabia regarding the Yemen issue? What can be done to solve the problem peacefully? We discussed these. Of course, our President has a will on this issue. We made some decisions."