RIYADH: The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, on Wednesday praised the unified international position in siding with the country’s people in their desire to achieve peace, restore state institutions and ensure decent livelihoods, the Yemeni news agency, SABA, reported.
Speaking during a meeting with the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, in Riyadh, Al-Alimi affirmed the commitment of the council and the government to reaching a just and comprehensive peace in the war-torn country.
The participants in the meeting, who also included Othman Megally, a member of the council, discussed the latest developments in the peace efforts and ways to alleviate the suffering caused by Houthi activities.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia continues to violate the ongoing truce and hinder peace efforts through their actions, Al-Alimi said, “the latest of which was preventing fuel ships from reaching the ports of Hodeidah and reviving the black market, without paying attention to the suffering of citizens.”
He said that the government is not preventing the arrival of these ships or other commercial shipments. He added that the government is keen to deny the Houthis any opportunity to blackmail the international community.
Al-Alimi expressed hope that the international community will put more pressure on the Houthis to seriously engage with “peace efforts and give priority to the interests of the Yemeni people over Iran’s expansionist interests.”
A UN-brokered truce in Yemen, which was agreed in April and has largely held, was renewed on Aug. 2 for an additional two months.
