News - Yemen: The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen stressed on Tuesday the need to renew the UN-sponsored truce in Yemen, which will expire within two days.

Hans Grundberg had met in the Omani capital, Muscat, the National Delegation headed by Mohammad Abdulsalam, and Omani officials.

The UN envoy stressed the need to open Taiz roads and other areas, to renew the truce, and to take serious steps to end the war comprehensively.

For his part, Abdulsalam said that during the meeting, they discussed the course of the humanitarian and military truce and the obstacles and complications it faces, in addition to the importance of disbursing the salaries of the state employees.

The National Delegation stressed to the envoy the importance of disbursing salaries throughout the country.

Last Saturday, the UN envoy submitted a proposal to gradually open roads, ensuring an implementation mechanism and guarantees for the safety of civilian travelers.

He called on the two parties to "conclude their internal deliberations urgently and achieve positive results for the Yemeni people."

Grundberg stressed that "the importance of lifting restrictions on the freedom of movement of people and goods is not limited to the positive impact of alleviating the suffering of Yemenis and reviving their economy, but will also help enhance confidence in the political process."

On Monday, President Mahdi Al-Mashat affirmed that if the military negotiating committee in Jordan does not see new signs regarding closed roads to alleviate suffering of Yemeni people, the committee will announce a unilateral initiative.

He added that the US-Saudi aggression is sparing no effort to exploit the suffering of the citizens in Taiz governorate, explaining that there is a varying agenda of the Saudi-backed government that uses the suffering and difficult conditions in Taiz and the various governorates.

Mashat also pointed out that  port of Hodeidah revenues are allocated in favor of state employees' salary so that forces of US-Saudi aggression cover the deficit from oil and gas revenues. He stressed that the US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries must fulfill their obligations towards the deficit in covering the salaries of state employees as it has been agreed to.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.

 

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