(MENAFN) Slamming it support for the Yemini rebels, Saudi Arabia on Sunday accused Iran of blocking peace efforts in Yemen.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir accused Tehran of smuggling arms to Yemen's Houthi rebels, who control northern Yemen, and to the rebels' ally former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"Iran is destroying all attempts to find a solution in Yemen, which has led to the failure of all political negotiations between the government and these militias", Jubeir told a gathering in the Saudi capital of foreign ministers and military officials from countries including Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Senegal.
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