Iran, Europe Discuss Bilateral Ties, Latest Developments in Yemen

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi and his European counterparts in a meeting in Munich, Germany, discussed bilateral ties and the latest developments in Yemen.

News ID: 68736

Date: 18 February 2018 - 18:33

The meeting was held with the attendance of deputy foreign ministers of Iran, Italy, France, England and Germany on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, heading a diplomatic delegation, is now in Munich to participate in the 54th Munich Security Conference.

The conference has gathered 30 heads of countries and over 100 ministers.

Over the past five decades, the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has become the major global forum for the discussion of security policy. Each February, it brings together more than 450 senior decision-makers from around the world, including heads-of-state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organizations, as well as high ranking representatives of industry, media, academia, and civil society, to engage in an intensive debate on current and future security challenges.

At least 15,700 people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen in 2015. Much of the country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.

The Saudi-led war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.

According to the World Health Organization’s latest tally, the cholera outbreak has killed 2,167 people since the end of April 2017 and is suspected to have infected 841,906.