Iran says could cooperate with Saudi to solve Yemen crisis
Iran wants all parties in Yemen to return to calm and dialogue, Tehran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Tuesday, adding the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia could work together to solve the conflict there, Reuters reported.
"Iran and Saudi Arabia can cooperate to solve the Yemeni crisis," Abdollahian told reporters in Kuwait, speaking through a translator. "We recommend all parties in Yemen return to calm and dialogue."
Asked whether Iran had any channels of communication with its regional rival, Abdollahian told Reuters: "We are trying." Abdollahian gave no details but, asked whether Tehran had a plan for resolving the war, he replied: "We have a proposal."