On May 30, The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov received...

Question: The world was deeply alarmed last week by the prospect of a direct military confrontation between the United States and Russia. How close do you believe we came to that? Sergey Lavrov: Well, I don't think that was very close. I think it was a situation created by very reckless behavior of our Western colleagues who accused the Syrian Government and us as allies of the Syrian Government in applying chemical weapons against civilians without waiting for OPCW to inspect the place.

On April 14, Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov had a meeting with President of the Republic of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, prior to the opening of the 29th summit of the League of Arab States.

On March 25, missiles were launched from the territory in Yemen that is controlled by Ansar Allah (the Houthis) at the Saudi capital of Riyadh and several cities in the south and southwest of Saudi Arabia. In all, seven missiles have been intercepted by the Royal Saudi Air Defence. However, debris from one of the missiles killed one person and wounded two near Riyadh.

Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry of Yemen for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Bajash met Sunday with the Russian Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedushkin in Riyadh. The meeting focused on...

According to incoming information, on January 28 the city of Aden, the main city in southern Yemen controlled by the legitimate government of the Republic of Yemen, witnessed armed clashes between Presidential Guard units and supporters of the so-called Transitional Council which stands for broad autonomy for the southern part of Yemen up to and including the creation of a separate state there. Media report about 20 killed on the both sides and several dozens wounded.

We are keeping a close watch on the military, political and humanitarian situation in the Republic of Yemen as fighting continues on its territory between supporters of the Houthi movement...

On January 22, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Yemen Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, who is on a working visit to Moscow.

Ladies and gentlemen, We have held productive talks, discussed in detail the political and military situation in Yemen, the prospects for a settlement of the domestic political crisis and also reviewed some issues of the bilateral agenda.

The situation in the Republic of Yemen remains extremely tense. We are concerned by the high intensity of airstrikes by the Arab coalition on Yemeni cities and towns that often lead to civilian casualties. Moscow still believes that there is no alternative to the early cessation of violence in the country and the resolution of all problems on the intra-Yemeni agenda at the negotiating table under the aegis of the UN as part of a broad national dialogue, taking into account the interests of all Yemenis without exception. Russia will continue to do all it can to facilitate these efforts.