CAIRO // Saudi Arabia and Egypt said on Sunday they shared a “common vision” on the war in Yemen, where a Riyadh-led coalition is waging a bombing campaign against Iran-backed rebels.
“We have a common vision on how to deal with the situation in Yemen,” said Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukri at a joint press conference with his visiting Saudi counterpart Adel Al Jubeir.
“Our positions are identical, the work is done through close co-ordination at all levels,” he said.
Iran has repeatedly denied providing support to Houthis and their allies who overran much of Yemen earlier this year.
It has called for an end to the bombing campaign and the opening of a political dialogue. “We reject the actions of Iran ... and Iran’s support for terrorism,” said Mr Al Jubeir, who is on his first visit to Egypt since becoming foreign minister.
Iran “is the only state that interferes in the affairs of the region, whether in Lebanon or Syria or Iraq or Yemen,” he said.
Mr Al Jubeir said Riyadh and Cairo wanted to build relations with Tehran, but it “depends on Iran’s behaviour”.
* Agence France-Presse
