UN Secretary General Pledges Efforts to Renew Truce in Yemen

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pledged ‏to exert all efforts to renew the truce in Yemen, ‏restart the political process, and enable Yemenis to build ‏a state based on partnership and respect for human rights‎‎

 

During a meeting in New York with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) President Rashad al-Alimi, Guterres renewed the ‏international organization’s commitment to supporting the ‏ PLC and government, the official Yemeni news agency SABA reported.‏

 

The Yemeni president, on the other hand, said‏ that the ‏government is open to initiatives that could lead to a comprehensive ‏solution agreed upon at national, regional and international levels, ‏particularly to those respecting UN resolutions and international legitimacy.

 

He also praised the mediation efforts ‏led by Saudi Arabia and Oman to ‏renew the truce and launch a political process under UN auspices.

 

 

 

Source: Saudi Press Agency