Saudi minister hopeful Pakistan will join coalition forces in Yemen

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Minister on Religious Affairs Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz has said that those talking about mediation in Yemen conflict are not ‘right’ and should review their statements.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Geo News to be aired Wednesday evening, he expressed his desire that the Pakistani government would join hands with the coalition of Islamic Arab countries and send its troops to fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Saudi minister claimed that Houthi rebels were inflicting atrocities with weapons, adding that his country only decided to attack them as a result.

Lashing out at Iran, he claimed the country was doing in Yemen what it did in Syria and Iraq in the past. He vowed to stop this Iranian ‘intrusion’ at all costs.

“Iran spread an atmosphere of lawlessness and instability in these countries and for that it will have to be accounted for,” he said.

Sheikh Saleh further said that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries have serious reservations over the recently inked nuclear pact between Iran and the West.

The detailed interview can be watched at 7:05pm on Wednesday