IRNA - Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran Jamal Abdullah al-Solal and Deputy Majlis speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar conferred here Tuesday on expansion of bilateral relations.
According to a report released by Majlis Media Department, at the meeting Bahonar compared Iran-Yemen ties to bilateral relations between regional states and said that historical and cultural commonalties of the two countries mainly account for their favorable bonds.
"Cooperation between the two states in political and economic fields are currently at an acceptable level, but there are still numerous unused potentials for further broadening of such ties," he added.
The MP expressed his satisfaction with the positive trend of cooperation on the international scene and said that strengthening inter-parliamentary ties plays a decisive role in improving the stance of both countries at the global level.
For his part, al-Solal pointed to bilateral relations as special and declared the interest of Yemen's high-ranking officials in strengthening ties with Iran in various domains.
The Yemeni diplomat called for more extensive collaboration with Iran in economic fields, adding that his country welcomes Iranian investors in Yemen and that bureaucratic obstacles will be eliminated to facilitate such investment.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Iran, Yemen keen to expand mutual ties
