28 Mar 2024
Thursday 26 March 2015 - 16:16
Story Code : 153253

Yemen disintegration to benefit no side in Mideast: Iran official

[caption id="attachment_105219" align="alignright" width="209"]Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption]

An Iranian deputy foreign minister has warned againstforeign interference in Yemen, saying the disintegration of the Arab country would benefit "no side" in the Middle East region.

Moving towardsYemens disintegration will be to the benefit of no side in the region, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, said on Friday.

The Iranian official warned those seeking to impose a civil war in Yemen against making a strategic miscalculation with respect to the Arab country.

He said that the Yemeni people and leaders would not allow their united country to turn into another Somalia or Libya.

Amir-Abdollahian also reaffirmed Irans support for unity and solidarity in Yemen.

The Islamic Republic of Iran supports Yemens national unity and theimplementation of a peace agreement in the countryas well as the participation of all Yemeni groups, he added.



In September 2014, Houthi fightersgained control of the capital. Houthis had set a deadline for the political parties to put aside their differences and fill the power vacuum, but the deadline was missed without any change in the countrys political scene.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council called on all sides in Yemen to settle their differences through dialog and consultation, amid rising political tension in the Arab country.

The UN call for dialog came a day after Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had stepped down in late January, officially withdrew his resignation after fleeingthe capital, Sanaa to the southern city of Aden, where hereportedly plansto establish a rival power base.

Yemens Houthi Ansarullah movement, however, said that Hadi had lost his legitimacy as head of state and was being sought as a fugitive from justice.

The Houthi movement played a key role in the 2011 popular uprising that forced dictatorAli Abdullah Salehto quit after 33 years in power.

By Press TV
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