Riyadh: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry that any agreement in Yemen must be based on the Gulf initiative and the decision of the United Nations.

Jubeir added that Saudi Arabia calls for the world to take tough action to stop Iran’s interventions in the region.

Kerry said that the world must end the war in Yemen in a way that will protect the security of Saudi Arabia, urging all Yemeni parties to return to the negotiating table.

Kerry stressed that, like Saudi Arabia, his country rejects Iranian interference in Yemen.

Jubeir denied media reports that the United States had decided to limit military support to the Kingdom.

“The kingdom has received nothing official from the American government in this regard,” he said in answer to a question on reported delays of U.S. weapons supplies.

“In turbulent times, it’s good to have solid friends,” Kerry told journalists.

“That’s why the United States’ partnership with Saudi Arabia is rightly so valuable.”

Kerry said he hoped to have parties involved “within two weeks” to agree to terms earlier set out by the UN.

On his last visit to the kingdom as secretary, Kerry said the United States will work with Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to achieve a new pause in the fighting, which would be the eighth ceasefire attempt since hostilities escalated early last year.

The group of four nations, formed previously to focus on Yemen, “hopes that within two weeks it might be possible to achieve” a pause in fighting, Kerry told reporters.