UN envoy: Extension of Yemeni ceasefire is first step

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, Hans Grundberg, the UN envoy for Yemen, told AFP that the two-month extension of the ceasefire in Yemen gave people hope that the situation in the country would return to normal.

According to reports, Friday evening «France 24According to AFP, Grundberg said the fire “gave people an unprecedented period of human rest in the history of the war.” “According to this view, this issue will provide a breathing space and an opportunity to enter a political solution.”

“The ceasefire is the first step towards a more comprehensive solution,” added the UN envoy, speaking on the sidelines of the Yemeni International Association in Stockholm.

Elsewhere, Hans Grundberg expressed hope that the talks would not be limited to the reopening of the airport, adding that the ceasefire had made it possible for us to return life to normal in Yemen.

On April 2, a UN envoy announced the start of a two-month ceasefire in Yemen, halting ground, naval and air strikes, facilitating the entry of 18 fuel-carrying ships into the ports of Al-Hudaidah, and authorizing weekly flights from designated destinations to Sanaa Airport and vice versa. .

Hans Grundberg announced after the deadline for the ceasefire that the parties involved in Yemen had agreed to the same terms as the original agreement and that the ceasefire would be extended for another two months.

Saudi Arabia, at the head of an Arab coalition backed by the United States, invaded Yemen on April 26, 2015, claiming that it was trying to bring the resigned Yemeni president back to power, and imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the country.

The military aggression did not achieve any of the goals of the Saudi coalition and only led to the killing and wounding of tens of thousands of Yemenis, the displacement of millions, the destruction of the country’s infrastructure, the spread of famine, famine and infectious diseases.

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