Yemen, French envoy discuss outcomes of Paris humanitarian conference

SANAA, July 19 (YPA) – Speaker of Yemeni parliament Yahiya Ali al-Raei met French envoy Christian Testot in Sanaa on Thursday to discuss outcomes of the humanitarian conference held in Paris last month.

The envoy briefed the speaker that the outcomes included the importance to keep all Yemen’s ports open and operational and to re-open Sanaa airport to facilitate aid access.

Al-Raei called on the EU countries to stop selling weapons to the Saudi-led coalition states.

The speaker affirmed Yemen’s support for the peace efforts by the UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths.

Ali Ahsan