Pakistan PM leaves for Turkey over Yemen crisis

Islamabad:Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday left for a one-day official visit to Turkey to hold talks over the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

He is scheduled to hold talks with with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Dawn online reported.

In a pre-departure statement, Sharif said Pakistan believed in a peaceful resolution of the crisis and wished to promote unity among Muslim countries.

Sartaj Aziz, advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was among those who accompanied Sharif.

Earlier, Pakistan decided to reach out to “the leadership of brotherly Muslim countries” in order to facilitate "early resolution of the crisis and promoting peace and unity in the Muslim Ummah”.