🇷🇺🇾🇪 On September 25, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazeer held a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly.

During the meeting, the Sides discussed current issues related to the development of the traditionally friendly Russian-Yemeni relations.

They reaffirmed their mutual commitment to further strengthening cooperation, including maintaining close coordination at the UN and other international platforms.

The Sides also held an in-depth exchange of views on developments in and around Yemen amid escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.

The Russian Side emphasised the importance of stepping up international support for efforts to establish a sustainable intra-Yemeni national dialogue under UN auspices, aimed at finding mutually acceptable compromises on outstanding issues and bringing the positions of the opposing sides closer together.

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