The Yemeni government denounced on Saturday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans statement in which he falsely compared between Turkeys violation of the sovereignty and independence of Syria and the operations of the Saudi-led coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen against Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia. The Yemeni government described the statement of the Turkish president as "provocative", according to the official Yemeni News Agency. It stressed in a statement that the operations of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen came on the basis of the principle of self-defense in Article (51) of the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of Arab League, and the Joint Arab Defense Treaty, which was reinforced by Security Council resolution 2216. The Yemens Government said: "The Republic of Yemen condemns these statements and recalls at the same time the position of the Turkish government, which was announced at the beginning of Determination Storm which supported legitimacy and operations of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen." Yemens Government added that the Republic of Yemen highly appreciates the leadership and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in supporting the Yemeni people and their government politically, military, economic, relief and development against Iranian interference in Yemen, and its continued support for the Houthi militia to continue its coup and assault on the Yemeni people and undermine and destroy the institutions of the state, the Saudi Press Agency reported.