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Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis have not answered mediation offer

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CAIRO, Oct ‌20 (Reuters) - Iran has not received a ​response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to ⁠its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian ​Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a television ‌interview aired on Tuesday.

Araqchi offered to help facilitate dialogue as the Iran-aligned Houthis intensified strikes on Saudi Arabia ⁠earlier this month. 

In the interview ⁠with Iraq's Al Ekhbariya TV, Araqchi also responded to the possibility of Egypt joining Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis.

 "Any ‌foreign intervention would complicate matters," he said, ⁠adding Cairo has previously told ‌Tehran that it would "not ​directly" interfere in the Yemeni conflict.

Egypt has said it is ready to provide Saudi Arabia ‌with the support it needs ​to defend ⁠its security, potentially raising the stakes in ‌the Middle East.

A ⁠vote in the Egyptian parliament on a possible move against the Houthi fighters by the country's ​military, one ‌of the Arab world's largest, was delayed until ⁠October 26.

(Reporting by ​Menna Alaa El-Din and Yasmine Ghania; Editing ​by Sanjeev Miglani)

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