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The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday once again urged Saudi Arabia to respect the ceasefire with Yemen and put an immediate end to the war against the poor Arab country.
"Saudi Arabia is required to retreat from Yemen at the earliest as it serves its own interests. Continuation of the status quo in Yemen would impose bigger challenges on Saudi Arabia in the region and the world," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi told reporters in Tehran on Monday.
Noting that the current situation in Yemen is in no way in the interest of Riyadh, he said in case "Saudi Arabia takes a more rational view to the issue (of Yemen), it will put an immediate end to the saddening tragedy and avoid bombing different regions in Yemen".
Qassemi expressed the hope that Riyadh would accept the ceasefire and terminate its airstrikes, and underlined the necessity for the establishment of a serious ceasefire under the UN supervision to pave the ground for political talks and finding a solution to the crisis in Yemen.
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sana’a on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen’s war expired, residents in the capital said.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
