Iran, Ansarullah, European diplomats urge end to Yemen crisis

Representatives of Iran, Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement and four major European countries have stressed the importance of putting an immediate end to the ongoing devastating war in Yemen.

According to Press TV, an Iranian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister's Senior Aide for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji, Ansarullah representatives, led by its Spokesman Mohammad Abdul-Salam and ambassadors and heads of missions of the four European countries of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, known as the EU/E4, held a trilateral meeting in Tehran on the latest developments in Yemen.

During the meeting, the participations elaborated on their respective countries’ views regarding the war-torn Arab country's situation, including the political and humanitarian issues.

They expressed deep regret over the continued critical situation in Yemen, which has resulted in the killing and injuries of tens of thousands of Yemenis and the destruction of the country’s infrastructure.

The participating delegations emphasized that the ongoing crisis in Yemen should only be settled through political approaches and urged immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing Ansarullah.

A number of Western countries, the US, France and Britain in particular, are also accused of being complicit in the ongoing aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment as well as logistical and intelligence assistance.

At the end of their talks, the Iranian, Yemeni and European representatives called for the full implementation of an agreement reached in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm in 2018 as a prelude to the final settlement of the crisis in Yemen.

In December 2018, representatives from Ansarullah and the Riyadh-sponsored government of Hadi reached a truce deal during UN-mediated peace talks in Sweden.

Under the deal, they agreed to the withdrawal of their troops and the deployment of UN monitors to the port city of Hudaydah, a lifeline for millions of Yemenis.

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