A high-ranking Iranian official says Saudi Arabias illogical and unreasonable approach caused the UN-backed peace talks on the Yemen War to fail.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari (seen below) also hailed Yemenis support for the newly-formed Supreme Political Council.
Without a doubt, Saudi Arabias illogical and unreasonable approach led to the failure of the Kuwait talks and nullified the UN envoys hard work, he said.
On August 7, the UN-brokered peace talks on the Yemeni conflictended without an agreement in Kuwait. The negotiations between delegates from the Houthi Ansarullah movement and the former Yemeni government had begun on April 21.
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A handout picture released by Kuwait's Ministry of Information on June 27, 2016, shows United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (2-R) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2-L) arriving for the Yemeni Peace Talks with Yemeni delegations in Kuwait City. (AFP)[/caption]Jaberi Ansari stressed that the talks could have ended the war in Yemen which has had no result but the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians including many women and children.
Yemen has seen almost daily military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March 2015, with internal sources putting the toll from the bloody aggression at about 10,000.
Noting that the attacks still continue, Jaberi Ansari stressed that with airstrikes on schools and hospitals the Saudi human rights violations haveentered a new stage.
On Monday, a Saudi airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF)hospital in the Hajjah province killed at least 19 patients and hospitalstaff, and wounded 24 others. A similar Saudi raidstruck a school in Yemens Saada province on Saturday, killing 10 children.
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A Yemeni worker cleans at a hospital operated by the the Paris-based aid agency, Doctors without Borders (MSF), on August 16, 2016 in Abs, in the northern province of Hajjah, a day after the hospital was a hit by a Saudi airstrike. (AFP)[/caption]The deputy foreign minister noted that the widespread condemnation of the attacks shows that the international community cannot remain silent to the Saudis atrocities, but also shows Riyadhs neglect towards such calls.
Meanwhile, millions of people rallied in Yemen to voice their strong support for the Supreme Political Council, a body recently formed to run the country.
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Yemenis wave the national flag during a gathering in support of the Supreme Political Council in the capital Sanaa on August 20, 2016. (AFP)[/caption]People took to the streets inthe capitalin their millions before convergingon a main squareto support the Supreme Political Council, formed after peace talks with the Saudi side broke down.
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A Yemeni woman with her face painted in colors of the national flag during a gathering in support of the Supreme Political Council in the capital Sanaa on August 20, 2016. (AFP)[/caption]Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigned as president in January 2015 and then fled to Saudi Arabia which launched a ferocious military campaign againstYemen two months later to restore him to power.
The decision to establish the councilwas made by Yemens Houthi Ansarullah movementand former President Ali Abdullah Salehs General Peoples Congress partyback in late July. It was formally launched on August 6, when the Houthis andSalehs faction announced that theyboth hadan equal share in the 10-member body.
By Press TV
