The White House announced, Friday, that US President Joe Biden welcomed the announcement of A two-month truce in Yemen.
“I am indebted to the leadership role of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman for the success of the truce before the month of Ramadan,” Biden said.
He also added, “It is time to reach political settlements to achieve lasting peace in Yemen,” stressing the need to adhere to the truce and end the war in the country.
“I thank the Yemeni government for the trust it placed in the UN mediation to reach the armistice,” he added.
A two-month truce begins April 1
was UN envoy to YemenHans Grundberg announced that the parties to the Yemeni crisis had responded positively to a two-month truce starting on Friday, April 1, and stopping all military operations inside Yemen and across the border, indicating the possibility of renewing it with the parties’ consent.
And he added in a statement, today, Friday, that the parties also agreed to enter fuel ships to the port of Hodeidah and to operate commercial flights to predetermined destinations to and from Sanaa airport.
He also explained that the parties agreed to meet to open roads in Taiz and other governorates.
It is noteworthy that the Yemeni-Yemeni talks were launched in Riyadh on Wednesday under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where the Assistant Secretary-General of the Council for Political Affairs and Negotiations Abdulaziz Al-Owaishek affirmed yesterday that the atmosphere in the Yemeni consultations exceeded all expectations, indicating that the opportunity is open for all Yemenis to participate.
And participate in those consultations, which will last a week, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen Hans Grundberg, the US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and the Yemeni government. It will deal with six military, political and humanitarian axes.
