Iran Press/ Iran news: Speaking to Mehr News correspondent on the outcome of the recent Yemen peace talks in Sweden and Iran’s position, Iran's secretary of Foreign policy strategic Council, Kamal Kharrazi said Tehran welcomes the talks in Stockholm, because they 'represent the sovereignty of Yemeni nation.'
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Kharrazi maintained that the acceptance of the peace talks by Saudi Arabia, as the leader of the aggressive coalition against Yemen, is in itself a victory point for the Ansarullah resistance movement.
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“We hope that the agreements reached during the talks in Sweden would continue to preserve, and it will be the Yemeni people who will make the final decision on the future of their own country.", stressed Kharrazi.
Kharrazi further noted that the Iranian diplomatic apparatus is seeking ways to support the Yemeni people and guarantee the realization of their demands.
The Yemeni sides reached an agreement on cessation of hostilities in the port of Hudaydah during talks in Sweden from December 6 to 13. On December 13, UN chief, Antonio Guterres said that the conflicting sides in Yemen agreed to Hodaydah ceasefire and reach agreement to ease the situation in Taiz.
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According to a ceasefire agreed between Yemen’s warring parties and put in to practice on December 18, in Hudaydah, the efforts have been done in order to avert more bloodshed in a port city vital for food and aid supplies.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
Over 14,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have lost their lives in the Saudi deadly military campaign and International pressure has been mounting to halt the war.
The last round of talks, hosted by Kuwait in 2016, collapsed after more than three months of negotiations with no breakthrough. 203/211/103.
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