SANAA, June 18 (Saba) - Prime Minister, Abdul Aziz Saleh bin Habtour, met with the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffith and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, the officials reviewed the current situation in Yemen, and the repercussions of the escalation of the aggression on the humanitarian situation and the consequences of the new humanitarian disaster that will affect millions of Yemenis from Hodeidah, the residents and the displaced from other provinces, and the consequences on Yemen and the United Nations itself.
Bin Habtour praised the efforts exerted by the UN envoy in order to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Hodeidah and in the direction of a just peace for the Yemeni people.
He stressed that the Yemeni people have been and will remain with any serious direction to end the aggression and the siege and move towards a genuine peace that establishes the stability of Yemen.
Bin Habtour appreciated the humanitarian role of the United Nations and its various organizations towards the Yemeni people in their current tragedy and its positive attitudes which rejected any escalation by the aggression in Hodeidah, stressing on the importance of redoubling its efforts to pressure on the aggressors to stop their offensive aggression against Yemen.
He added that the escalation of aggression both in Hodeidah and in other Yemeni provinces and regions will be met by the Yemeni people, the army, the popular committees and volunteers’ escalation.
In his turn, the UN envoy stressed the keenness of the Security Council to reach a political solution to the plight of Yemen in the coming months.
Griffith said that all parties should focus on the political solution o get Yemen out of its current tragedy and make peace for the Yemeni people.
Griffith also pointed out that the United Nations is continuing its efforts towards peace and intensifying its contacts with all parties to reach the end the current Yemeni plight.
Sameera Hassn
Saba
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