Iran would spare no effort to help put an end to Yemen's war, said a senior Foreign Ministry diplomat during talks with European officials on the crisis in Yemen.
During the Thursday talks, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior negotiator in talks on regional crises, described the devastating war in Yemen as "a large-scale humanitarian disaster" which has led to "the silent death of a nation", IRNA reported.
"The Islamic Republic's regional policies are in line with putting an end to these debilitating circumstances," he said.
Jaberi Ansari conferred on the Yemen crisis with Helga Schmid, the secretary general of the European External Action Service; and the political directors of British, Italian, German and French foreign ministries.
Expressing satisfaction with the talks, he said that "the key purpose was to examine the various aspects of Yemen's crisis, and to find a solution to end it."
He added that all those involved in the conflict need to take measures to facilitate preliminary steps to build trust among the opposing sides.
This was the second round of Iran-Europe discussions on the region. The first round of talks was held in February in Germany's Munich. Based on the agreements reached in the Rome talks, the third round of the negotiations is expected to be held by the EU in Brussels in mid-June.
Earlier in the day, Jaberi Ansari met with Luca Giansanti, director-general for political and security affairs at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he discussed regional crises and bilateral cooperation to resolve the issues, reported ISNA.
In 2015, a US-backed Saudi-led coalition attacked Yemen to restore to power the ousted government of Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi, a Riyadh ally, waging a war against the now-in-power opposition.
The military intervention in the impoverished country has brought the country to the brink of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
According to the UN, a record 22.2 million people are in need of food aid, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.
