Iranian official:
West must stop sending weapons to Saudi Arabia to end Yemen war

Tehran (IP) - The head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations stressed the importance of the immediate end of the war against the Yemeni people and called for an immediate cessation of arms shipments from the United States and Europe to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Iran PressIran News: In a meeting with Martin Griffiths, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, Kamal Kharazi welcomed the emergence of positive signs for an end to the war in Yemen, saying: "The UAE and Saudi Arabia, as key players in this devastating war, have not achieved anything.

He added: "Now that there is an opportunity to end this war, we hope that the United States will be honest in its position to cut off arms and intelligence cooperation with Saudi Arabia and stop the war by cutting off arms exports from the United States and Europe to Saudi Arabia and the UAE."

Kharrazi called for a Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue as the solution to peace and stability in Yemen, and stressed the need for full neutrality on the part of the UN envoy to Yemen, stressing that foreign intervention in Yemen must be stopped.

‏The Iranian official also stressed the need to lift the siege of Yemen to send humanitarian aid to the country, stating: "Iran has always tried to send humanitarian aid to Yemen, which is hindered, and if the siege against the country is lifted, there are many countries that are willing to help the Yemeni people."

Explaining his plan to establish a ceasefire in Yemen, Griffiths, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Yemen said that the new announcement by the United States to end its support for the war in Yemen provided a good opportunity to end the war in the Middle Eastern country.

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