Iran says its aid ship bound for war-torn Yemen is to dock in Djibouti for inspection, heading off a potential confrontation with the United States.
The aid “will be inspected in Djibouti. The ship will dock in Djibouti and the protocol laid down by the United Nations will be implemented,” Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says, quoted by the ISNA news agency.
Iran had said the ship was expected to reach the Yemeni port of Hodeida on Thursday without stopping in Djibouti, in defiance of warnings from Washington and a Saudi-led coalition conducting air strikes on Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The vessel, renamed Nejat (Rescue), is carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid including flour, rice, canned food, medical supplies and bottled water, all urgently needed in the conflict-wracked and impoverished state.
— AFP
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