UN Envoy Arrives in Iran for Talks on Yemen Crisis
Local Editor
United Nations [UN] Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed has arrived in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday to hold talks with senior Iranian officials over the latest developments in Yemen.
The UN envoy is slated to hold talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on the latest Yemen developments, as IRNA news agency reported.
Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Iran after his regional tour of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates [UAE] and Oman.
In a telephone conversation earlier on Tuesday, Amir Abdollahian and the UN envoy had exchanged views on the latest efforts to resolve the Yemeni crisis.
The two sides emphasized that the conflict has no military solution and can be resolved only through Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue.
Yemen has been under relentless attacks by a Saudi-led coalition for nearly eight months.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26 in a bid to restore power to fugitive former Yemeni president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.
Over 2,615 civilians have been killed in the conflict in the last six months, according to the UN. Yet, other organization put the death toll at much higher.
According to the Yemeni health ministry, the death toll from the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen so far is more than 6,000, adding that 1,277 of those killed were children.
