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Statement on the Truce Updated Proposal received from the Special Envoy of the United Nations to Yemen

Statement on the Truce Updated Proposal received from the Special Envoy of the United Nations to Yemen

1 October 2022

An official source in the Government of Yemen confirmed that it had received today, October 1, 2022, an updated proposal from the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen to extend and expand the truce starting from October 2, 2022.

The source indicated that the Yemeni government is studying the updated proposal and will deal with it positively stemming from its keenness and commitment to exert all efforts to alleviate the humanitarian suffering of all Yemenis in all governorates without discrimination, as the main objectives of the truce are to stop the bloodshed caused by the Houthi militias’ war, ensure the freedom of movement of civilians and unhindered flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid. By extending the truce, the Government of Yemen seeks to expand the benefits to all Yemenis, facilitate their movement, and ensure the payment of salaries to alleviate their humanitarian suffering.

The source further pointed out that despite the Houthi militias’ failure to fulfill their obligations pertaining to lifting the siege on Taiz and stopping the looting of the revenues from Hodeidah ports, which must be allocated to pay the salaries of civil servants in areas under their control according to the 2014 payroll lists, the Yemeni government will spare no effort to demonstrate all forms of flexibility and cooperation with the Special Envoy to overcome the obstacles created by the Houthi militias.

The source underscored the Government of Yemen’s calls in this regard to the Security Council and the international community to mount pressure on the Houthi militias to stop their daily violations of the truce and to engage positively with the efforts of the Special Envoy of the United Nations to implement all its provisions, foremost of which is to stop using the Yemeni people as a hostage and exploit their suffering as a negotiating tool; and to stop using state resources and revenues of Hodeidah ports for the personal enrichment of the militias’ leaders and for prolonging the war, and the need to immediately lift the siege on Taiz.

 

He also affirmed the Government of Yemen’s support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen to achieve a comprehensive, just, and sustainable peace based on the agreed terms of reference, namely the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2216.

Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami’s Remarks at the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies (WCYS) event DC

Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami’s Remarks at the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies (WCYS) event DC

September 29, 2022

Distinguished Guests, Ladies, and Gentlemen,

Good morning, to you all. It gives me great pleasure to be with you here today in the 1st annual conference about Yemen organized by the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies in collaboration with the Middle East Institute, the National Council on US-Arab Relations and the Gulf International Forum.

I thank all the organizers for having us all here today and I am glad to see so many familiar faces here in Washington. And I am delighted to meet new ones as well…

After eight years of war due to the Houthis’ coup, Yemen needs all the help it can get. And I hope that our discussions and deliberations here today will shed light on how we can collectively assist in finding a path to end this protracted war once and for all.

Yemen is a beautiful country, and I am sure those of you who had a chance to visit, it would attest to this fact. It has rich history, diverse and beautiful scenery, and hospitable and welcoming people. And not to mention the great food… Indeed, Yemenis deserve much better than what they are facing today.

For more than eight years, Yemen has been engulfed in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and is facing one of the toughest challenges in its contemporary history. Its economy is on the brink of collapse, and more and more Yemenis face not only economic hardships and food shortages everyday but also a brutal campaign threatening our social cohesion as one nation. I know all of us here agree that this war must end…and that a just and a sustainable peace in Yemen should be a priority for the international community as well as for US policy makers. And I am happy that we have a chance for all of us to demonstrate that today.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If we look at the current situation in Yemen, we realize that things need to change if we are to achieve peace. And if we look and examine closely the facts on the ground throughout the years of the conflict, we also realize that if we keep doing what we are doing since the beginning of the war… this war will never end! It will drag on and on and many millions of Yemenis will suffer the consequences.

One may ask (and I was even asked this question when I was a deputy chief of mission here in the US back in 2018): “with all the help of the Saudi led coalition and the support of the international community including the most powerful nations, why have we – the Yemeni government – NOT been able to end this war? Why haven’t we been able to force a group (as radical and as hated as the Houthis are), accept any peace?  And the answer is two folds:

1) We in the legitimate government and the coalition have not been able to unite as one in the face of this menace before April 2022. And 2), the Houthis, with Iran’s influence, were and still are not ready for peace – at least not yet.

Since the coup in Sep 2014 onwards, the infightings within the factions of the government on the one hand, and the continuous support of Iran to the Houthis on the other, have both made it possible for the Houthis not only to consolidate their grip over the capital of Yemen but also to expand to other areas.

So, how can we then end the war? And what needs to change to achieve that objective?

I wish I have simple answers for you; but exploring the following main factors will help light the way:

First: The Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) needs to be supported so that it can work as one. For the first time since the coup in 2014, all the factions within the government are under one leadership. And maintaining this unity, in my opinion, is the best chance we got to end the war.

The PLC has a tremendous responsibility, and no one expected its task to be an easy one to begin with.

His Excellency President Rashad Al-Alimi has affirmed that the Council is committed to working as one. Yes, there are challenges, but they all agree in the need to have a unity of purpose and that ending the coup and reinstating state institutions are its main objectives.

However, the PLC needs more support militarily, politically, and economically.

I say militarily because even though we believe there is no viable military solution to end the war, we know for a fact that peace won’t happen without military pressure. Peace will not happen without having a plan B, especially when the Houthis keep thwarting all peace efforts as they are still doing right now.

Political support for the PLC, at this juncture, would mean returning to Aden the temporary capital, and opening new embassies in Aden, especially by the coalition and our friends and allies. The Houthis need to realize that Aden will get stronger and stronger before they would vouch for peace.

And economically, is by fulfilling the pledge of 3+ billion USD promised in April 2022 by our brothers in the coalition. We thank the coalition for all the support thus far, we would not have made it so far without their help, but we need to show the Houthis that what’s to come is different than what had been in the past. This is the way. This is the only way if we are to see an end to this war.

Second: The truce alone won’t end the war. Even though de-escalation is a good thing, unfortunately, a truce respected and observed by only the government won’t produce a viable peace. The government accepted the truce 6 months ago to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis and to try to force the Houthis to talk peace. However, after two extensions, we realized that only the government of Yemen is fulfilling its obligations and not the Houthis… only the government is making more concessions, not the Houthis.

The goal should not only be to extend a truce; it should rather be to use it as means to achieve a just and a sustainable peace. It is for a peace in which a viable democratic platform can be created and upon which all Yemenis can freely choose their rulers and engage in genuine civic discourse to form a new social contract where all Yemenis have equal rights and responsibilities.

We support the extension of the truce but not just any truce. And not with new conditions set by the Houthis. We support a truce that delivers to all Yemenis and that requires the Houthis to totally fulfil their obligations. Unfortunately, they are not.

We have opened Sanaa Airport for commercial flights. This has been the government’s view for years; the Houthis now insist on using their illegitimate passports (which will compromise the integrity of all Yemeni passports). We have presented so many options to make it easier for our people in Sanaa to leave with travel documents until they reach their destinations, and then to get free new passports from there – such as from our embassy in Jordan or at other locations travelled. The Houthis refused.

In Hodeida, we have allowed oil and gas ships to enter unchecked and the Houthis never paid a penny for salaries despite all the revenues they collected. Furthermore, they insist on not allowing the government to check the ships documentations and threaten merchants if they decide to comply…

With the truce now, we have no ability to check whether these ships contain Iranian oil. The Houthis have received free Iranian oil shipments in the past as documented by the UN. And all we are asking is to check the documentations. Is this too much to ask?

In Taiz: This poor governorate has been under siege since the beginning of the war and the Houthis have repeatedly refused to set it free. The UN envoy in a few months have presented more than three proposals to open Taiz roads and the Houthis rejected them all… The Taiz roads issue must be dealt with like the FSO Safer oil tanker issue was addressed!

For years, the Houthis have hijacked the FSO Safer issue and used it as a bargaining chip in the peace process negotiations. Thankfully, this issue was detached from the other issues after we formally asked for that in the Security Council Safer session in July 2020. And now with funding from the Netherlands, USA, KSA, Germany, the UK and others, $75 million USD was pledged for the emergency phase. We now hope that the UN would start its plan as soon as possible to avert a catastrophe.

Third: The Houthis war in Yemen should be viewed as part of the Iranian expansionist project in the region. The Houthis and their backers in Iran need to see strong messages from the international community and from the US government and Congress – especially about their destabilizing behaviour in the region and in Yemen in particular. Make no mistake, without the help and support of the Iranian regime and Hezbollah with weapons and expertise, the Houthis wouldn’t have been able to do what they are doing right now.

Finally, we appreciate the level of support we are getting from the US administration and the support to the PLC expressed by both President Biden and Secretary Blinken. And we value the great work and efforts made by the US envoy and our friend Mr. Tim Lenderking. And I hope that a stronger stance from Congress could be shown to expose Iran’s malign activities in Yemen and that it be linked to any possible deal with Iran in the future.

The Yemeni conflict can be solved. Yes, it is complex and is getting more so as time passes by. But the more that we wait the more costly the solution gets. And without a holistic approach to deal with this conflict from all the main factors as I mentioned before, the Yemeni conflict will prolong, and Yemenis won’t be able to find a solution.

I wish our deliberations here today success. And I hope this conference will enable us to find ways for pursuing a just and sustainable solution to the conflict in Yemen so that Yemenis can once again be free and live to prosper as one nation.

THANK YOU

A Statement by His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami on the Introduced House Joint Resolution 87 of the US Congress

June 2, 2022

A Statement by His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami

On the Introduced House Joint Resolution 87 of the US Congress

The newly proposed Joint Resolution No.87 of the US House of Representatives, introduced on May 31, 2022, and announced yesterday June 1, 2022, invoking the 1973 War Powers Resolution and aiming at ending US support for the Saudi-led coalition, will not end the suffering of Yemenis, but rather will boost the Houthis’ intransigence and prolong the war.

Ending the war in Yemen is and has always been the main objective of the Yemeni Government. Ending the war will end the suffering of the Yemeni people. However, ending the Saudi-led Coalition and the US support for it in Yemen will most certainly not. In fact, ending the US support for the Coalition in Yemen will indeed exacerbate the situation and make the suffering of Yemenis endure as well as expand.

We appreciate the genuine concerns about Yemen expressed by Members of Congress. And Yemen needs all the help that it can get, especially now, but also going forward. However, the war will not end except when only the Houthi militia realizes that they will not control Yemen alone and that Iran’s support will not enable them to reach their sinister objectives.

To end the war in Yemen, we ask the US Congress to:

  • Support the Central Bank of Yemen, so we can curb inflation and facilitate the provision of salaries to the Yemeni people.
  • Help fund the UN Plan to resolve the FSO Safer oil tanker issue, so we can save the lives and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis, and avert a costly environmental disaster on the Red Sea that could occur.
  • Demand that all roads in Yemen be opened according to the truce so that millions of Yemenis trapped by the Houthis in Taiz can finally have freedom of movement.
  • Condemn Iran’s malign ongoing activities in the region, particularly in Yemen, so that the Houthis can finally realize peace is their only viable option.

Without question, this is what Yemen and Yemenis need. And this is what will end the war in Yemen, which will be conducive to reaching a secure and sustainable peace. And we sincerely hope that the United States Congress will help us to achieve this imperative.

Call for International Pressure on Houthis to Stop Hostilities Against Marib in Yemen

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in the United States of America seizes this opportunity to categorically denounce the Iran-backed Houthis for their reprehensible actions in Yemen and in particular, would like to draw further attention to the reckless and relentless violent onslaught against the Governorate of Marib perpetrated by the Houthis in recent weeks, whose impacts on the people have been dangerous and whose implications on realizing peace are deleterious.

“The International Community should apply the utmost pressure on the Houthis and demand their total cessation of hostilities in Marib, as was done in the past involving the issue of Hodeidah”, states His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Awad BinMubarak, Ambassador of Yemen to the United States.

The following should also be noted regarding Marib:

1) Because of the conflict in Yemen, both precipitated and protracted by the Iran-backed Houthis, Marib Governorate (i.e., province) has become a sanctuary to the largest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen, exceeding two million people, and comprising of people who have escaped, evacuated or been expelled from their cities and communities from various regions of the Republic of Yemen.

2) Due to the Houthis persistent hostilities and havoc inflicted, more people are still fleeing and flowing into Marib. Currently, Marib contains 133 camps for IDPs. However, this accounts for only 10% of the displaced currently present in the governorate where the vast majority have been able to integrate into the main city and surrounding areas, which have significantly expanded stemming from the IDP influx. Consequently, the burdens on the local authorities and government of Yemen have massively grown to provide basic services for health, education, housing and infrastructure to keep pace with the steady increase and inflow of IDPs.

3) It was not enough for the Iran-backed Houthis to have forced so many people to abandon their homes and to leave their towns or villages because of the threats to their security, thus obliging them make the lengthy and difficult journey into Marib. But even after these IDPs managed to arrive safely into Marib, the Houthis continue their assault to harm those same innocent civilians by deliberately targeting properties with ballistic missiles. The Houthis have not spared any location from their attacks in Marib, including residential homes, schools and hospitals.

4) The Houthis have also been planting landmines on a large scale in farms, lands, roads, and water sources nearby Marib, to sabotage the population and to hinder people from finding refuge and protection in Marib. Consequently, these landmines have led to the murder or maiming of many people coming from different parts of Yemen, particularly children. Those who have survived from a Houthi landmine detonation must face the deep trauma and endure living with an amputated limb. Although efforts have been underway (such as from the MASAM Project) dedicated to trying to discover and dismantle Houthi landmines with successes achieved in detecting and defusing thousands of Houthi landmines, the Houthis still continue planting indiscriminately more and more landmines.

5) While the Houthis continue to recruit thousands of children and use them for hostilities (including against Marib), in Marib itself, the Government of Yemen with the support of the Arab Coalition has established a center for the rehabilitation of children captured by government forces on the frontlines who were cruelly sent there by the Houthis to fight. These children receive essential care and treatment to recover from the horrible psychological effects from combat and war that has been imposed on them by the Houthis. The center has helped 52,000 children and their families since its establishment in September 2017.

Therefore, the Houthis must definitively halt their military aggression against Marib.
And the international community should both express its categorical condemnation and put forth the maximum diplomatic leverage on the Houthis so as to desist and deter any more violent escalations against Marib by the Houthis (as well as elsewhere) and to make conditions conducive for more stabilization in Yemen.

Indeed, the Houthis actions in Marib have been in egregious violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law. And, all international agencies and relevant human rights organizations must be allowed by the Houthis to gain safe access to Marib to monitor all developments. Unquestionably, they will reach the same determinations and express the same grave concerns that have been asserted by the Government of Yemen.

Special Report : The US Congress and Yemen: Background, Critical Issues and the Way Forward

Embassy Announcement

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Washington, DC is pleased to announce and to introduce its latest special report titled:

“The US Congress and Yemen: Background, Critical Issues and the Way Forward”. This new publication (like the others recently released) is intended to present information and to provide insights that would be ancillary to better understanding Yemen and the current context.

To download :

The US Congress and Yemen: Background, Critical Issues and the Way Forward

إعلان السفارة

يسر السفارة الجمهورية اليمنية في واشنطن أن تعلن وتقدم تقرير خاص باللغة الإنجليزية بعنوان:

“الكونجرس الأمريكي واليمن: خلفية، قضايا هامة والطريق إلى الأمام”. هذا المنشور (مثل السابقيه مؤخراً) يهدف لتقديم وجهة نظر الحكومة اليمنية وتبادل المعلومات التي من شأنها أن تكون عاملا مساعدا لفهم أفضل اليمن والتطورات الراهنة

لتحميل التقرير:

The US Congress and Yemen: Background, Critical Issues and the Way Forward

HOW THE HOUTHIS HAVE PROVOKED A HUMAN DISASTER IN YEMEN

By Dr. Ahmed Awad Binmubark

Yemen’s Hodeidah has become an alarming humanitarian tragedy. Thousands have lost their lives and tens of thousands more have lost their homes and livelihoods—hopeless and displaced.

Floods of upsetting pictures of starving children, recognized by their wide-eyed skeletal body features, and patients suffering from preventable diseases have become the norm.

The suffering of these communities is bewildering given the fact that they are actually located in very close proximity to one of the most important aid delivery gateways to Yemen, Hodeidah’s port. One would presume that these communities would be flushed with aid goods, but regrettably, this has not been the case.

There is a reason for this absurdity: The Hodeidah port is still under the control of the Houthis,an Iranian-backed militia that took control by force areas in Yemen in their failed attempt to overthrow the government in September 2014, with the assistance of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and various military groups still loyal to him.

For the Houthis, Hodeidah’s port proves to be a source of significant, albeit illegitimate, revenue from customs and taxes imposed on incoming goods. Additionally, the Houthis have worked on deconstructing Yemen’s economy and financial system, creating profitable black markets for their own economic gain, which has become a key funding source for their war efforts.

This comes at the expense of vital goods not being delivered to traumatized communities across North West of Yemen. According to local traders, aid has been corruptly and immorally commercialized in Hodeidah.

Moreover, imported fuel is frequently siphoned into the black market by the Houthis. According to the U.N.’s Panel of Experts report, the Houthis have “worked on deregulating the distribution of fuel in order to allow the black market to flourish under their control.”

In a statement released by the Norwegian Refugee Council on February 20 2017, the organization detailed how six of its aid workers were arrested and detained for a week by the Houthis just because some of the aid products that they were distributing had origination markings from Saudi Arabia.

This sort of detention unmistakably demonstrates how the Houthis are undermining relief efforts. Even the U.N.’s aid chief, Stephen O’Brien, was subjected to the Houthis’ abrasivenesswhen he was turned away on February 28 as he was trying to access the city of Taiz.

More worryingly, the Houthis continued arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances are going unchecked in Hodeidah, Taiz and elsewhere. Human Rights Watch documented incidenceswhere a number of civilians, including children, were detained and later discovered dead. Civilians are trapped and they immediately need protection.

Recapturing Hodeidah is necessary to bring back stability to Yemen’s west coast. The presence of the Houthis in Hodeidah threatens international maritime navigation and shipping routes in the Red Sea. On numerous occasions, the Houthis have fired upon ships in international waters, and on three incidences U.S. Navy ships were targeted prompting the U.S. to launch retaliatory military strikes that destroyed radar installations controlled by the Houthi rebels.

Furthermore, on March 1, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence warned of sea mines being placed by the rebels in the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, where 30 percent of the world’s oil supply passes.

And for those reasons, there is no room for indecisiveness and inaction.

Our government is determined to continue pushing back the Houthi and Saleh militia in order to liberate those distressed communities. A few weeks ago, government forces successfully recaptured the coastal city of Al Mocha, the city that gave birth to Mocha coffee, and while basic services are being restored there, much needed humanitarian goods have found their way into local communities.

Subsequently, government forces have started to target Houthi armed positions in the outskirts of Hodeidah. Being mindful that some communities are trapped in certain locations, the government has vowed to put safety measures in place in order to protect those vulnerable civilians.

Some reports have suggested that the government’s attempt to counter the rebels in Hodeidah might impact the flow of aid given the importance of its port. Our government recognizes the significance of Hodeida’s port for aid delivery, and therefore rooting out the Houthis will eliminate their destructive meddling in aid distribution. Authors of such reports failed to detail the current awful conditions that civilians are subjected to living under the Houthis as detailed in this article.

Yet, reaching a peaceful resolution is our government’s ultimate objective. Our country has been put through extraordinary conditions, and we are keen to rebuild our country for the sake of our people and the generations to come. We will continue to support the U.N.’s special envoy efforts.

Until then, we cannot sit idle as our people continue to suffer. Unconfronted, the Houthis will grow bolder and their actions will continue to amplify the humanitarian tragedy.

It is the government’s duty to protect its citizens and ensure that Yemen meets its obligations in protecting its coastline and international waters. Therefore, we call upon the international community to help Yemen’s government end the tragedy in Hodeidah and other areas to create an environment conducive for the passage of humanitarian aid wherever needed while at the same time urging the militias to come to the negotiating table to forge a final settlement to the conflict.

Source:

http://www.newsweek.com/how-houthis-have-provoked-human-disaster-yemen-570957

 

New Reports: Yemen’s Recent Developments Concerning its Economic and Political Situation

            The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Washington, DC is pleased to announce and to introduce two papers about the state of affairs in Yemen and recent developments concerning its economic and political situation. These publications are intended to present the perspective of the Government and to share information that would be ancillary to better understanding the current context.

To download:

 إعــــــــــــــــــــــــــلان السفارة

يسر سفارة الجمهورية اليمنية في واشنطن أن تنشر ورقتين باللغة الإنجليزية حول المشهد اليمني سياسياً واقتصادياً. وتهدف بذلك لتقديم وجهة نظر الحكومة ازاء تلك القضايا والى تبادل المعلومات ذات العلاقة مع المهتمين ، املاً في أن تكون عاملاً مساعداً لفهم أفضل لطبيعة التطورات الراهنة.

للتحميل :

PRESS RELEASE: Central Bank of Yemen’s delegation participates at the 2016 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group

10.12.2016

A delegation from the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY), led by Dr. Monassar Al-Quaiti Governor of CBY and Mr. Abbas Al-Basha Vice-Governor, attended the 2016 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington DC from October 3-9, 2016. Productive consultative talks were held with the IMF’s Yemen mission team, and the delegation met as well with US government officials on the margins of the Annual Meetings.

The visit to Washington comes as part of CBY’s efforts to obtain technical assistance and mobilize donor resources. CBY has faced crippling challenges since last year, such as the fast depletion of its hard currency reserves, maintaining independence while operating under Houthi controlled Sanaa, suspension of foreign assistance and most recently, severe shortage of national currency stock in the central bank’s accounts. The shortages of currency in the accounts of CBY lead to its inability to honor payment of government salaries since July 2016. In addition, the fast depletion of the bank’s foreign exchange reserves rendered the bank not only incapable of fully servicing its external debt obligations, but also unable to subsidize the exchange rate for food and other vital goods imports.

Against the backdrop of the above-mentioned challenges, which have been endangering the well-being of the public and escalating the humanitarian conditions, the President of the Republic of Yemen undertook the decision to relocate the operations of the central bank to Aden in addition to appointing a new governor and a vice governor of the bank. It is worth noting that the legal term of the former board of directors of the central bank expired on August 6th, 2016. The new leadership of CBY will operate from Aden using the existing institutional structure, payment system and financial infrastructure that is currently connecting the branches of the central bank, including Sanaa’s.

The Central Bank of Yemen has shared with the IMF and the World Bank a short-term strategic plan that addresses the bank’s pressing objectives. CBY is committed to resolving the bank note liquidity crunch to expedite the payment of government employees’ salaries across all governorates. CBY has already taken the necessary steps to issue bank notes with the aim of disbursing them throughout all central bank branches. This disbursement will enhance the ability of CBY’s branches to meet their outstanding obligations, including payment of salaries, which is consistent with the government’s economic policies and in line with the government’s 2014 budget.

CBY is also working jointly with the Government of Yemen to mobilize resources from the international and regional donor community to replenish the external accounts of CBY. Replenishing the reserves is essential to resuming the import financing of food and other core commodities. Additionally, replenishing the reserves will ensure that Yemen fully meets its external debt obligations and outstanding letter of credits for food imports.  Limited exports of hydrocarbon products have already been initiated from Masila, Hadramout, and revenue from the sale of hydrocarbon products is expected to start flowing to the external accounts of CBY.

CBY is committed to ensure the economic and financial stability of Yemen and aims to improve the poor humanitarian conditions. At the conclusion of CBY’s visit to Washington, Governor Al-Quaiti acknowledged the IMF and the World Bank for their positive collaboration, their valuable advice and technical assistance.

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Central Bank of Yemen

G18 Ambassadors’ Statement on Yemen

The Group of Ambassadors repeats its concern that actions taken by elements of the General People’s Congress and the Houthis as well as their supporters are making the search for a peaceful solution more difficult by unconstitutional and unilateral actions in Sanaa. These actions only increase the divisions in Yemen and will not address the political, economic, and security problems that are causing such widespread suffering throughout the country. We also express our concern about the escalation of violence and reiterate our call on all parties to immediately implement the cessation of hostilities. We call on all parties to deal responsibly with the efforts of the UN Special Envoy and to adhere to the references for a peaceful solution; the GCC Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, and relevant UNSC resolutions including 2216

American activists demand for an immediate release of the Yemeni journalist

Yemen Embassy in Washington D.C. Received a numerous number of letters  by American activists who demand for an immediate release of the Yemeni journalist and politicians that were kidnaped by ‪#‎Houthi_militia‬.

The Houthi coupists have been conducting horrendous clampdowns on journalists and politicians, who don’t agree with their politico-ideological discourse, since they staged a military putsch in late 2014  against the democratically-elected President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi.

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