Iran reiterates call for immediate halt to Saudi aggression against Yemen
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for an immediate halt to Saudi Arabia’s military aggression against Yemen.
The Iranian foreign minister called for the halt in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday.
Zarif stressed that the Saudi airstrikes target the Yemeni civilian population and infrastructure, and urged the dispatching of humanitarian aid for the defenseless Yemeni people.
The top Iranian diplomat further referred to Iran’s proposal for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Yemen, urging dialog among Yemeni parties and expressing Iran’s readiness to resolve the crisis in the Arab country.
During his visit to the Spanish capital, Madrid, on Tuesday, Zarif proposed a four-point plan emphasizing the Yemeni nation’s right to decide its own future free from foreign interference.
The proposal includes hammering out a ceasefire agreement, sending humanitarian assistance to the people affected by violence, launching an intra-Yemeni dialog, and establishing a broad-based government that includes all Yemeni factions.
During the Thursday telephone conversation, the UN chief appreciated the Islamic Republic of Iran’s efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis in Yemen, and called for the immediate dispatch of food and medical aid for the Yemeni people traumatized by the ongoing crisis.
Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
The attacks were also meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, which took control of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in September 2014.
The Houthis, now part of popular committees across the country, cited Hadi’s government inability to properly run the affairs of the country and contain the growing wave of corruption and terror before taking over state matters.
Around 2,600 people have been killed in the Saudi military aggression against Yemen so far, according to Yemeni sources.
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