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Iran said that Yemeni lawmakers’ decision to resume parliamentary duties is a smart and responsible move to bridge the political and legal gaps under the current sensitive situation in the war-stricken country.
"At a time when foreign military aggression has resulted in the widespread deaths of the Yemeni people and destroyed the country’s infrastructure and the international community has unfortunately failed so far to carry out an effective measure to put an end to the war and stop crimes against civilians, the parliament elected by the Yemeni people made a wise decision to boost its role in Yemen’s decisive developments," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday, Press TV reported.
He added that national solidarity and unity and reliance on elected bodies are the best options for forcing the aggressors to accept the Yemeni people’s will and end the conflict through peaceful means.
The parliamentarians voted in favor of the newly-formed "Higher Political Council" to rule the country, lifting power and legitimacy of the former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Last week, Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and the General People’s Congress (GPC) party of the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, jointly appointed a governing supreme council to run the country.
The two groups officially announced in a joint statement that they both have an equal share in the 10-member council.
Ansarullah fighters and their allies in Yemen’s Army have been fighting off a Saudi war since March 26, 2015. Riyadh launched the war in an attempt to reinstate Hadi, who seeks to grab power again by force.
About 10,000 people have been killed since the onset of the aggression, according to local Yemeni sources.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
