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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the need to avoid new violence and restart peace talks during phone talks with his Yemeni counterpart Abdel Malek Mekhlafi, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the exiled government headed by fugitive President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and Houthi Ansarullah movement, the country’s main opposition force, which have been supported by army units loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, since 2014.
"Lavrov stressed the need to prevent new outbreaks of violence, to resume negotiations in the near future in the interest of a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in friendly Yemen, taking into account the views of all its leading political forces," the ministry said in a statement.
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.
Yemeni forces have been engaged in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
