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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has welcomed a three-day ceasefire in Yemen, urging all parties engaged in the conflict to make efforts to maintain the truce and end the fruitless war in the country.
In a statement on Monday, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said a break from fighting between forces of the Saudi-led coalition and Ansarullah fighters would begin just before midnight Wednesday at 23:59 local time and continue for 72 hours.
"The special envoy welcomes the restoration of the cessation of hostilities, which will spare the Yemeni people further bloodshed and will allow for the expanded delivery of humanitarian assistance," the statement added.
Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, on Tuesday said Yemen is suffering from a very deplorable humanitarian situation and expressed hope that all parties engaged in the conflict, particularly the Saudi-led coalition, would respect the ceasefire.
He also hoped that the warring parties would allow the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the oppressed Yemeni civilians and the wounded, including those injured in a recent bloody airstrike against a funeral hall in the capital of Sana’a.
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
