YEMEN Press Agency

Foreign Minister meets UN envoy

SANAA, Jan. 6 (YPA) – Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf met on Sunday in Sanaa, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffith.
In the meeting, the Foreign Minister stressed the commitment of the Supreme Political Council and the Government of National Salvation to implement the outcomes of the Stockholm Agreement. In return, it is clear that exiled Hadi’s government is constitutionally evading its commitments and makes its media and the coalition publish false news contrary to what is happening on the ground.
Sharaf explained the fact that attempts to thwart and circumvent the outcome of the consultations of Sweden, by the coalition and not allow to enter humanitarian aid, trade and oil derivatives and create obstacles and delays.

He pointed out that the information of the coalition talked from time to time about granting entry permits to a limited number of ships and misleading charges to the party of Sanaa that impedes the entry of ships, while the ships are waiting for permits to enter, including vessels loaded with derivatives In a clear politicization aimed at creating crises inside the non-occupied provinces.

The Minister pointed to the suffering of many citizens as a result of the unjustified closure of Sana’a International Airport, the security risks and provocations that threaten his safety and his life in the occupied governorates on his way to Marib, Aden and Sayoun, in addition to financial extortion, .
He pointed out that Hadi’s government does not care about the status of the citizen or the calls of the international community calling for peace, where the security and passport authorities in the government of Hadi issued directives not to deal with travel documents issued by the non-occupied provinces on the day began consultations Sweden.
He stressed the importance of the United Nations and its Special Envoy to clarify to those countries that there are consultations under the auspices of the United Nations aimed at ending the military aggression to reach a comprehensive political solution, which requires the cessation of any unilateral actions and provocative does not serve confidence-building efforts.

The foreign minister stressed that these actions will be considered crimes that will not be subject to statute of limitations in the framework of any arrangements of interests or peace, adding that the perpetrators will be punished wherever they are inside or outside. He pointed out that peace and stability are aimed at the Yemeni people, not groups that used to live abroad.