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Iran reiterates political solution to Yemen crisis

Xinhua, June 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran supports the UN-sponsored peace talks among Yemeni groups to end the crisis in the Arab state, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said here on Wednesday.

"As we have reiterated, the crisis in Yemen should be settled politically and all the efforts should be focused on political solution," Afkham said in her weekly press conference.

"The initiative of dialogue should be encouraged, and we should not get disappointed even if the talks do not end in results temporarily," she said in a reference to the recent UN-sponsored talks in Geneva between all Yemeni factions which ended without any deal to end the conflict or a cease-fire for humanitarian aid.

Afkham expressed regret about the failure of attempts to establish ceasefire in the country, saying that continuing the raids on the Yemeni people by the Saudi-led coalition is not accepted, particularly in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The ongoing conflict in Yemen has left 80 percent of Yemen's population in need of emergency aid as the people have limited access to electricity, fuel, food, water and medicine. Endit