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Iranian FM arrives in Pakistan for talks over Yemen crisis

Xinhua, April 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif arrived in Pakistan Wednesday for talks on Yemen crisis, officials said.

A senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry official, Syed Sajjad Haider, and Iranian diplomats received the Iranian foreign minister on arrival at Islamabad airport.

Zarif will hold talks with Pakistan's top adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz later on Wednesday and both will talk to the media after their talks, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Iranian foreign minister arrived from Oman where he exchanged views with Omani officials on the crisis in Yemen.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Tuesday that Zarif would convey Iran's deep concern over the humanitarian plight in Yemen in his talks in Pakistan and Oman.

Section of the media has reported that Iran was concerned over reports that Islamabad supports Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in strikes against Houthis in Yemen. Endi