Zarif Calls on UN to Play its Role in Stopping Saudi Aggression on Yemen
Local Editor
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the United Nations [UN] to play its role in stopping the US-led Saudi aggression against Yemen, as he said in a phone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday.
In a phone conversation with Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, Zarif said that the crimes committed against the Yemeni people are in clear violation of international law.
"The crimes are obvious violation of international law and will result in development of extremist and terrorist groups as well as deterioration of the humanitarian crisis", Zarif said.
"The solution to the crisis in Yemen is solely political and through forming an inclusive government with the aid of all political forces and without the interference of certain foreign countries," he said.
"The crisis does not have a military solution and militarizing the crisis is in favor of no side" of the conflict, he added.
Zarif also underlined the significant role of the UN in establishing ceasefire, and said that Iran supports efforts by the new UN envoy to Yemen to stop the Saudi aggression and resume dialog among Yemeni parties.
"Iran supports the efforts by UN to stop invasion, to dispatch humanitarian aids, and to establish Yemeni-Yemeni talks and believes that the only way to resolve the crisis is to establish an inclusive government rather than militarization," he further said.
Moreover, he expressed hopes that efforts made by the UN Secretary General and international community would bring crimes against Yemenis to an end.
For his part, Ban Ki-moon hailed Iran’s efforts to send humanitarian aid to the people of Yemen. He also stressed that the crisis in Yemen can only be solved through political means.
Saudi Arabia began its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
