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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia may have military \u200cneeds due to the ongoing attacks by Yemen\u2019s Houthis and that Turkey was ready to help under a trilateral defence pact that also includes Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe see there are very serious attacks on Saudi Arabia\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty. We have an alliance agreement in our pact. We \u200bare in serious solidarity on this point\u2026 They may have some military needs, especially on some technical \u200bissues. We would have no issues in meeting these,\u201d Fidan told broadcaster NTV.<\/p>\n The joint defence agreement, dubbed \u2060the \u201cMecca Joint Defence Agreement\u201d, signed last month stipulates that an armed attack on any one of the three \u200bcountries will be regarded as an attack on all of them.<\/p>\n The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, \u200bhave been launching attacks on Saudi Arabia since declaring a naval blockade against Riyadh in July, a new front in the wider war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.<\/p>\n The attacks have targeted Saudi cities, energy infrastructure and shipping, threatening \u200bglobal oil supplies and the main alternative Red Sea route for Gulf exports while traffic through the Strait of \u200bHormuz remains disrupted.<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump has rebuffed pleas from the Saudis for military support to fight the Houthis, who agreed a \u200cceasefire \u2060with the United States last year after Washington bombed the group for two months.<\/p>\n Fidan said that it was unacceptable for Saudi Arabia to be made a part of the US-Iran war as it had no desire to join the conflict. He added, without elaborating, that proposals have been conveyed to all sides to end the fighting.<\/p>\n