Yemen Monitor/ Newsroom
Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak met with the Saudi ambassador to Yemen on Sunday to discuss Saudi efforts to achieve peace in Yemen.
Bin Mubarak stated on his X account that he met with the Saudi Ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Saeed Al Jaber, to discuss the latest developments in Yemen and the significant efforts being made by the Kingdom to achieve security, stability, and peace in Yemen,” without providing further details.
Bin Mubarak affirmed that “the Kingdom is exerting significant efforts to achieve security, stability, and peace in Yemen, praising the ongoing fraternal support and humanitarian and developmental interventions of the Kingdom.”
The meeting comes a day after UN envoy Hans Grundberg announced the conclusion of his visit to Washington, during which he held talks with a number of senior US officials regarding support for a comprehensive political process in Yemen.
The UN envoy’s office said that Grundberg reviewed in his meetings the challenges hindering mediation efforts and emphasized the importance of regional and international support for the peace process.
The UN envoy stressed the need to prioritize the path of dialogue and de-escalation in Yemen, emphasizing the importance of regional and international support to achieve peace in Yemen.
The United Nations said this week that the Yemeni parties had reached an agreement that would lead to the lifting of financial restrictions imposed on Houthi-controlled areas, which are home to nearly 20 million people who rely on international humanitarian aid and financial remittances from abroad.
Saudi Arabia and the US had previously supported the central bank’s measures to pressure the Houthis, believing that they would help end maritime hostilities and start UN-led peace talks to resolve the conflict in Yemen, Bloomberg News reported in early June. This came after months of airstrikes by the US and the UK against Houthi targets since January failed to end Red Sea attacks.
