YEMEN Press Agency

President Al-Mashat meets UN Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs

SANAA, Sept. 13 (YPA) – President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, on Monday met in Sanaa with the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen William David Grisley.

During the meeting, they discussed the humanitarian situation in Yemen and aspects of cooperation with United Nations organizations in the humanitarian field.

President Al-Mashat stressed that the United Nations should play its role in pressing for the opening of Sanaa International Airport and the port of Hodeida, and the neutralization of the national economy.

He directed the government to overcome the difficulties in front of the United Nations to enable it to perform its tasks, calling at the same time the United Nations to redouble efforts to alleviate the increasing humanitarian suffering of the Yemeni people as a result of the continual US-Saudi aggression and siege.

 

YPA