Tehran, Muscat Urge End to Yemen Attacks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ranking diplomats from Iran and Oman in a meeting in Muscat stressed the need for an end to the Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian had a meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah in Muscat.
The Iranian deputy minister, who has begun a tour of regional countries to exercise diplomacy in the wake of Saudi Arabia's offensive on Yemen, passed on a message from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Oman, emphasizing the necessity to help bring about an immediate halt to the attacks on Yemen,focus on a political strategy and prevent the spread of war in the region.
Amir Abdollahian and the senior Omani diplomat both highlighted the role of the Red Cross and other international organizations in providing relief as well as medical and humanitarian assistance to the people of Yemen.
On March 26, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies began to militarily interfere in Yemen's internal affairs by launching deadly air strikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
A large number of innocent civilians have been killed or injured in the air strikes since.
