RIYADH: Ƶ’s Deputy Ministerof Defense met theUS Special Envoy for Yemenin Washington to discuss theconflict in Taiz andthe need for UN-backed peace proposals to pose pressure on the Houthi militant group.
Prince Khalid bin Salman said that he affirmed to Timothy Lenderkingthe “Saudi-led Coalition’s backing of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council”, in a statement posted on his official Twitter account on Saturday.
“Although the momentum of the truce remains high, I reaffirmed the need for the United Nations and the international community to pressure the Houthis into reopening the roads of Taiz, deposit revenues of the Hodeidah port, and engage with peace proposals,” the statement added.
Prince Khalid also said he reiterated Ƶ’s “aspirations for reaching a comprehensive political resolution to the crisis that will lead Yemen into peace and prosperity.”
The two-monthceasefire, whichtook effect on April 2, aimed tostop hostilities across the country,allow for the reopening ofSanaa International Airport,enablefuel ships into the port at Hodeidah and openroads in Taiz and many other provinces.
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