Iran Offers Mediation Between Saudi Arabia and Yemini Houthis; Foreign Ministers Hold High-Level Talks Following Recent Airport Attacks
TEHRAN : During a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has officially offered to help Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi movement in direct talks and has voiced Tehran’s willingness to play a mediation role.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has extended an invitation to Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis to hold direct talks and has expressed Tehran’s readiness to play a mediation role in the process during a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the two senior officials discussed the “escalation situation in the region, which is dangerous, and the efforts being made on the diplomatic front to halt the escalation of violence. The high-level meeting is the first direct dialogue between the foreign ministers since the Houthis’ missile and drone attacks on Saudi infrastructure.
The Iran-Saudi Diplomatic Contact and Regional Tensions were the main points of the event.The main points of the event were the Iran-Saudi Diplomatic Contact and Regional Tensions.
Emphasis by Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to play a role as a bridge between Riyadh and the Houthis to create a political framework and lower regional tension.
The diplomatic move comes after a series of brutal cross-border attacks, including a deadly strike on Terminal 4 of the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that was responsible for a fire and forced the cancellation of flights, killing a Pakistani and injuring 11 other people.
Escalating Casualties: The attacks come after the deadliest attack at the complex of the same airport on the previous day that claimed 13 lives — including foreign nationals from Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, the US and India — and injured more than 300 people.