(MENAFN) The US government proclaimed that Washington wants to continue support for the Saudi war on Yemen regardless of increasing criticism over the humanitarian crisis in the needy country.
On Sunday, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Persian Gulf Affairs Timothy Lenderking tated that Washington's support for the the Saudi war is "necessary" and that its discontinuation "sends a wrong message", Middle East News reported.
Lenderking told a security forum in the UAE, "We do believe that the support for the coalition is necessary. It sends a wrong message if we discontinue our support."
He added, "Obviously there are pressures in our system ... to either withdraw from the conflict or discontinue our support of the coalition, which we are strongly opposed to on the administration side".
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