In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, discussed the latest developments in the war-ravaged Arab country.
Amir-Abdollahian stressed the importance of resumption ofdialog between Yemeni groups, saying Iran isreadyto help hold these talks.
International support for Yemeni dialog
The UN envoy said the Yemeni crisis can be solved through political approaches and called on all countries to support the Yemeni-Yemeni dialog.
Ahmed added that the Yemeni people are livinga deplorable situation, notingthat great efforts have been made to end the ongoing war in Yemen and dispatch humanitarian aid to the crisis-hit country.
He hoped such measures would result in positive outcomes as soon as possible.
The UN envoy hailed Irans effortsto help solve the Yemeni crisis.
Yemen has been witnessing ceaseless attacks by Saudi Arabia since March 26. The military strikes are supposedly meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.
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Firefighters and soldiers extinguish fire at the site of a car bomb attack in Yemen's central city of Ibb on November 1, 2015. Reuters[/caption]The Saudi aggression has claimed the lives of more than 7,100 people and injured a total of nearly 14,000 others. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished countrys facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories there.
The Saudi strikes have prompted reprisal attacks on the part of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, the latest of which saw the forces take two military bases in southwestern Saudi Arabia under rocket attacks, killing and injuring a number of Saudi troops.
By Press TV
