Putin’s minister attacks US, UK for targeting Houthis; Lavrov says ‘Russia agrees with Yemeni friends’

Russian Foreign Minister strongly criticized US, UK’s retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. “We do not condemn the shelling of commercial ships, no matter how justified these shellings are. But we also cannot condemn the aggressive actions that, under this pretext, the United States and Great Britain take against the territory of the Republic of Yemen are doing.” There is no international mandate for this,” Sergei Lavrov said while addressing a press conference with Yemen’s prime minister. Lavrov said Russia agrees with its ‘Yemeni friends’ on ensuring the safety of the international shipping route.