TEHRAN – Iranian and Swiss diplomats have discussed helping to resolve the crisis in Yemen and assist people in northern Syria who are suffering after a devastating earthquake.
Head of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Maya Tissafi met with senior adviser to Iran’s foreign minister in political affairs Ali Asghar Khaji in Tehran.
The two diplomats discussed the latest developments in Syria after the recent earthquake, the fragile humanitarian situation in the Arab country, as well as political developments in Syria and Yemen.
Khaji called for greater cooperation of the international community to send humanitarian aid to Syria.
He said Israel’s attacks on residential areas in Syria while the Syrian people are trying to pull bodies of their loved ones from the rubble of collapsed buildings show the aggressive nature of the Zionist regime.
Khaji pointed to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, stressing the need for the immediate removal of the humanitarian and economic siege on Yemen and implementation of a ceasefire in the Arab country.
The Saudi-led coalition, in collaboration with its Arab allies and with arms and logistics support from the U.S. and other Western states, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 with the objective of crushing the popular Ansarullah resistance movement and reinstating Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to power.
Despite failing to achieve any of its objectives, the war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.