U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry in a telephone conversation With the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov expressed gratitude to Russia for assistance in transportation to a safe place citizens in the us from Yemen, said the Russian depodesta.
Addressed other relevant issues, including the situation in Yemen. John Kerry expressed gratitude to the Russian side for the assistance in transportation to a safe place out of this state of the American people ", - reported in the explanations, published on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the first day of the week.
As of March 26, the coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia spends in the Yemen military action "Storm committed against supporters of the movement" Ansar Allah (Houthis), which controls most of the territory of the country, among them the capital Sana'a. The goal is to force the Houthis, joined by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return the power to President Abd rabbu Hadi and the government, which they suspended from running the country.
Russian authorities have already held several stages of the transport in a safe place out of Yemen Russian citizens and citizens of CIS countries and far abroad. Those wishing to leave the country covered by the politico-military crisis, evacuate the aircraft, and marine transport. So, last weekend the ship of the Russian Navy "sea of Azov" was taken from Yemen 308 people. It was claimed that among evacuated by sea were 45 Residents of the Russian Federation, 159 Yemenis, 18 American citizens, 14 Ukrainians.
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