“I would like to draw attention to security issues. Every day, Yemen is bombed, and an innocent population dies in this country. Therefore, the people of Yemen were forced to because of the flow of weapons that flows daily to Saudi Arabia and is used against them (Yemen), they were forced to respond. What the people of Yemen do, they defend themselves. And they protect against attack, ”Rouhani said at the summit in Ankara.

On September 14, drones attacked Saudi Aramco's refineries in eastern Saudi Arabia. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Hussite Yemeni rebels.

The Arab coalition fighting in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, accused Iran of attacking the kingdom's oil facilities. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of "an unprecedented attack on global energy supplies."

Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that Moscow is urging not to rush to conclusions about who is guilty of attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.