EU calls on foreign forces to withdraw from Yemen

SANAA, Feb. 10 (YPA) – A draft resolution in the European Parliament called for the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from Yemen.

The European draft said: “There is no any solution to the crisis in Yemen except through Yemeni-led negotiations that include all components of the people.”

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said that the bloc refused to designate Ansarullah as a terrorist group, indicating that stopping the war on Yemen would reduce tension in the Gulf region.

Borrell indicated, in a speech to the European Parliament, on Tuesday, that the war in Yemen has been going on for nearly 6 years and has resulted in devastating repercussions, as 24 million people, representing 80% of the country’s population, are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, while the About 4 million people have been displaced by the hostilities.

He stressed that the war has become a source of instability in the whole region, affirming the need to take decisive measures to address this situation.

Borrell pledged that the European Union would continue to work through “the only way to end this crisis, which is a political solution to achieve peace and stability,” by consensus between all parties.

He noted that the bloc has fully supports the efforts of the United Nations and its Special Envoy, Martin Griffiths,to end the war and achieve peace in Yemen.

The chief European diplomat also welcomed the administration of the new US president, Joe Biden, to halt his country’s support for the war on Yemen.

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