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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Makhlafi received at his office at the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, which was attended by US Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Toler, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tulip Westfell, First Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Gerald Firestein, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Ambassador Susan Ziadeh discussed relations Bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and ways to strengthen them and develop them in all fields.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs reviewed the latest developments on the Yemeni arena and the humanitarian conditions suffered by the Yemeni people as a result of the coup carried out by the Houthi and Saleh militias and their imposition on the siege of some Yemeni cities, especially the city of Taiz. , Preventing them from entering, confiscating and selling food, medicine and oil derivatives on the black market.
He stressed the keenness of the Yemeni government to end the suffering of the Yemeni people, stop the destruction and killing, and end the coup process by resuming the political process in terms of the stalled in accordance with the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms, and the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue conference and the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, 2216 as the only guarantor to restore security and stability and return life to normal.
The Yemeni foreign minister said that the Yemeni government seeks peace and went to the consultations in Geneva and Swiss Bay in order to get Yemen out of its current situation. He pointed out that the militia did not have sound intentions for dialogue and peace by refusing to implement what was agreed upon in the Swiss consultations. The release of detainees and the opening of safe passages in front of the flow of relief, humanitarian and medical aid to all governorates, especially the besieged cities.
“We have the real desire to go to any consultations leading to the full implementation of the resolutions of the international legitimacy, the resumption of the political process from where it left off, the return of security, stability and constitutional legitimacy to all Yemeni cities and governorates, and building a modern federal civil state based on justice and equality, And the equitable distribution of wealth and good governance to which all the Yemeni people yearn for. ”
“The Yemeni government supports the efforts of the United Nations and its Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh, to resume political consultations with the coup militias to find a solution that will end the war and the real humanitarian tragedy afflicting the Yemeni people and prosperity and stability in Yemen,” he added.
The Secretary of State valued the positions of the United States and the sponsors of the GCC initiative in supporting this process as the only path to peace.
The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that the coup militia committed the most heinous crimes against innocent civilians by indiscriminate bombardment of cities, residential neighborhoods, markets, hospitals and schools, which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people, including women, children and elderly, and displaced families from their homes through reprisals that violate international human rights law , Confiscated rights and freedoms, closed press institutions, arrested and killed journalists.
Al-Makhlafi pointed out that the militia did not carry a clear political project, but rather carried a reprisal project against all those who violated it and violated its destructive policy that affected the security and military institutions, government installations and infrastructure, and tried to impose its foreign agenda and instill terror among the Yemeni society. , And the disruption of the social fabric through the adoption of an agenda alien to the people of Yemen and imposed by force of arms.
The Secretary of State called on the United States and the other members of the UN Security Council to exert more pressure on the militias to implement the resolutions of international legitimacy, especially resolution 2216, and to rescue the Yemeni people from their economic conditions. He looked forward to the contribution of the United States and all countries in humanitarian issues and reconstruction The war was a major cause of the coup.
US Undersecretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Thomas Shannon confirmed US support for the Yemeni government’s efforts for peace, praising its cooperation and positive treatment with UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
He reiterated US support for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2216 and related resolutions to achieve security and stability in Yemen and the region.
Thomas Shannon confirmed the consensus of the US government with the view of the Yemeni government and the continued support of the United States for the restoration of the state and the implementation of resolution 2216, as well as its support in the field of relief, reconstruction, construction and development.
The meeting was attended by Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Bajash, the Director of the Office of the Minister Ambassador Abdullah Ali Fadl Al-Saadi and the First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Al-Hadrami.