FM meets UN special envoy for Yemen


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Yemen News Agency SABA
FM meets UN special envoy for Yemen
[01/ June/2021]

SANA'A, May 31 (Saba) -  Minister of Foreign Affairs Hisham Sharaf Abdullah met on Monday  Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Yemen Martin Griffiths.

In the meeting, the UN envoy gave a comprehensive presentation of the efforts and endeavors made by the United Nations and the international community to end the war in Yemen and alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.

For his part, the Foreign Minister praised the efforts of the UN envoy, explaining that the ball is now in the court of the aggression coalition countries, and if they want to end their futile and aggressive war on Yemen, they must stop funding their tools on the ground.

He stressed that the position of the political leadership, represented by the Supreme Political Council and the National Salvation Government, is clear and frank, and biased in favor of the Yemeni people in ending the aggression and lifting the comprehensive blockade, leading to a political settlement and sustainable peace.

Minister Sharaf pointed out that the steps to end the blockade and reopen Sana'a International Airport and the rest of the sea and land ports and allow the entry of oil derivatives, food supplies and aid easily as legitimate rights of the Yemeni people, and they should not be compromised and must be implemented quickly so that people see the seriousness of the trend towards peace.

He called on the United Nations, its envoy and the international community to translate the statements and meetings that took place during the last period into tangible reality and actions through the countries of the aggression stop the policy of collective punishment of preventing the entry of ships of oil derivatives, domestic gas and commercial goods to the port of Hodeida and the reopening of Sana'a International Airport.

Minister Sharaf assured the UN envoy that expediting the implementation of measures and steps to build humanitarian confidence is a major entry point for a comprehensive ceasefire and entering into the political negotiation process, pointing out the importance of holding Yemeni negotiations with the aggressor countries as important as what is being talked about in terms of Yemeni-Yemeni negotiations.

He reiterated the importance of foreign parties stopping funding the war on Yemen so that the political settlement and steps to restore peace and stability to the country would succeed, in addition to the need for the Security Council to adopt a decision to withdraw all foreign forces from all Yemeni territories and islands.

H.H


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