Iran proposes 4-point plan to UN to solve Yemeni conflict

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif submitted on Friday a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon proposing a four-point peace plan for the conflict in Yemen, Anadolu reported.

“I would like to draw your attention to the extremely alarming situation in Yemen,” Zarif said in the letter, calling the Operation Decisive Storm a “provocative foreign military” campaign.

He described it a “flagrant defiance of the most basic principles of international law” and the Charter of the United Nations, “in particular the obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force in international relations.”

Zarif described the situation in Yemen a “critical” and “is escalating” a humanitarian crisis as the conflict is soon to face catastrophic dimensions. He warned that this situation might result in further “exacerbation of the already tense circumstances in a region.”

“The only way to restore peace and stability,” Zarif said, “is to allow all Yemeni parties to establish, without any foreign interference, their own inclusive national unity government.”

According to him, the procedures to restore peace and stability could be achieved through his country’s four point proposal:

1. Ceasefire and an immediate end to all foreign military attacks;
2. Unimpeded urgent humanitarian and medical assistance to the people of Yemen;
3. Resumption of Yemeni-lead and Yemeni-owned national dialogue, with the participation of the representatives of all political parties and social groups; and
4. Establishment of an inclusive national unity government.