Iranian and Iraqi foreign ministers meet in Tehran
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and Baghdad see eye to eye on the necessity of upholding the truce in Yemen and the lifting of the inhumane Saudi-led siege on the impoverished country.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Wednesday, during which the two sides discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues.
“We agreed on welcoming the ceasefire in Yemen and the importance of Yemeni-Yemeni talks and the lifting of the inhumane siege,” Amir-Abdollahian said.
“We believe that under a lasting ceasefire, lifting of the inhumane siege, and a dialog between all Yemeni parties without any foreign interference, the Yemeni people will be able to make the best decision about their destiny,” he added.
On April 2, a two-month UN-brokered ceasefire went into effect between the warring sides in Yemen, halting all offensive military operations and lifting the Saudi-led siege.
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and Baghdad see eye to eye on the necessity of upholding the truce in Yemen and the lifting of the inhumane Saudi-led siege on the impoverished country.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Wednesday, during which the two sides discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues.
“We agreed on welcoming the ceasefire in Yemen and the importance of Yemeni-Yemeni talks and the lifting of the inhumane siege,” Amir-Abdollahian said.
“We believe that under a lasting ceasefire, lifting of the inhumane siege, and a dialog between all Yemeni parties without any foreign interference, the Yemeni people will be able to make the best decision about their destiny,” he added.
On April 2, a two-month UN-brokered ceasefire went into effect between the warring sides in Yemen, halting all offensive military operations and lifting the Saudi-led siege.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg called on Wednesday for “serious engagement” to uphold the war-torn country’s truce, saying while the truce is “broadly holding, we need to be mindful of the challenges too.”
Leading a regional military coalition, consisting of the United Arab Emirates and some other Arab states, Riyadh waged the war on Yemen in March 2015 to bring back to power the former Yemeni regime and crush the Ansarullah resistance movement.
The war, however, has stopped well short of all of its goals due to the Yemeni nation’s resistance, despite killing hundreds of thousands of civilians and turning the entire country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
