Ending Yemen tragedy moral responsibility of entire world
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has emphasized the need for an end to deadly Saudi-led attacks against Yemen and a political process to put an end to the conflict there, stating that the world community as a whole has a “moral responsibility” to help bring an end to the tragedy happening in the war-torn country and subsequently hold the aggressors accountable.
Zarif was responding on Monday to an earlier tweet by United
Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which stated that Yemen was “in
imminent danger of the worst famine” the world has seen in many decades and asked
for “immediate action.”
The UN chief had also remarked, “I urge all those with
influence to act urgently on these issues to stave off catastrophe, and I also
request that everyone avoids taking any action that could make the already dire
situation even worse.”
In response, the Iranian foreign minister emphasized the international
community’s responsibility to help facilitate an immediate end to the Saudi-led
war on Yemen.
“Enough is enough! It is a moral responsibility, long overdue,
for int’l community to end Yemen tragedy. And hold invaders—and their masters
trading Yemeni lives for $—to account,” Zarif said in response to the UN
chief’s comments.
“Only viable path is ceasefire+end to bombardments; urgent
humanitarian aid; and political talks,” the Iranian diplomat noted.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) similarly
warned that the lives of thousands of Yemeni children are at risk as a result
of the ongoing conflict there.
“As Yemen slowly inches towards what the UN
Secretary-General has described as potentially ‘the worst famine in decades,’
the risk to children’s lives is higher than ever. The warning signs have been
clear for far too long,” UNICEF remarked in an official statement on Monday.
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