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Iran has called for an “immediate halt” to the Saudi-led military operation against Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen, warning that the “attack” endangered the whole region.
Speaking in Kuwait on March 31, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein-Amir Abdollahian said Iran and Saudi Arabia could cooperate to solve the Yemeni crisis.
Meanwhile, state television reported Iran sent a shipment of non-military aid to Yemen, the first since a Saudi-led coalition last week started a campaign of air strikes against Houthi rebels.
The official IRNA news agency reported the aid contained 19 tons of medicines and medical equipment and 2 tons of food.
The report said the shipment was delivered by plane but did not say where the plane landed.
In Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal denounced Iran’s “support” for Houthi rebels seeking to “destabilize” Yemen.
Saudi-led coalition warplanes attacked targets in Yemen for a sixth straight day and warships carried out their first attack on a rebel-held airport and outskirts of the port city of Aden.
Saudi forces and Yemeni Houthi fighters also exchanged artillery and rocket fire along several stretches of the Yemeni-Saudi border.
German news agency dpa reported that Pakistan sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia on March 31 to discuss possible Pakistani participation in the campaign in Yemen.
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