VILNIUS, Lithuania
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country wants a political solution in Yemen rather than a military one.
Speaking at a press conference with Lithuania's Minister for Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicious on Friday, Cavusoglu highlighted Turkey's position in the Saudi-led coalition's operation against Houthi militias in Yemen.
Cavusoglu said: "What the Houthis are doing in Yemen is unacceptable. It's destabilising the country.
"There has not been any request from Turkey yet. We (Turkey) announced that we can give logistics and intelligence support, but we are for political solutions."
Numerous airstrikes have been executed in Yemen since late Wednesday under a Saudi Arabia-led military operation dubbed Operation Decisive Storm, which has made the situation dangerous for Turkish residents in the volatile country.
'Save the people'
Turkey's navy evacuated 55 Turkish citizens from Yemen's port city of Aden on Friday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced.
Riyadh said that the strikes were in response to calls by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi for military intervention to "save the people from Houthi militias".
Fractious Yemen has been in turmoil since last September, when Shia militants overran the capital Sanaa, from which they reportedly sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.
Some Gulf countries accuse Iran of supporting the Houthi-led insurgency that forced Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to flee the country.
Foreign Minister Cavusoglu also commented on the nuclear deal between the U.S., EU and Iran, saying he hopes Tehran "will go further when it comes to the final deal in June ... the same level as in 2010, when Turkey, Brasil and Iran reached a nuclear deal".
'Historic' agreement
The U.S. and EU will end the implementation of all nuclear-related economic sanctions on Iran in return for UN verification of its key nuclear commitments, the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said late on Thursday, following the signing of a framework agreement between the P5 + 1 nations and Tehran in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
U.S. President Barack Obama said late on Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners had reached a "historic" understanding with Iran about its nuclear program.
A deadline for a final, full agreement is due in June.
