It is necessary to prevent any use of force in Yemen, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today.
"We are deeply concerned about the developments in Yemen. The situation should not get out of control," the minister noted.
The minister noted the sides should resume talks in neutral territory. "The Ansar Allah group should stop military activities in the south of Yemen. The coalition should stop delivering air strikes on the territory of Yemen. Both sides - the side of President Hadi, and the side of the so-called Houthis - should restart negotiations. There is an understanding that the talks should be held on neutral territory," Lavrov said.
"It should not be allowed to deteriorate into a Sunni-Shia standoff. We have been warning about the serious threat of such a split inside Islam from the very start of the Arab Spring. We were not heard very well, or maybe we were heard, but they just chose not to take this into consideration. We cannot allow this situation to turn into an attempt to unleash an open conflict between the Arabs and Iran," the foreign minister concluded.
