Yemen

RIYADH-SABA Yemen’s Foreign Minister said the Houthi militants are escalating military hostilities despite the UN calls for ceasefire in order to ready the warring parties for preventing a likely coronavirus outbreak in the country. Mohammed al-Hadhrami told the Swedish foreign minister Anne Lindy in a phone conversation today the government …

ADEN-SABA Yemen’s government condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly Houthi terror attack with missiles against the Saudi capital Riyadh and the city of Jizan on Saturday evening. A statement by the Yemeni foreign ministry said the continuity of such terror attacks soon after the Iran-backed Houthi militia had accepted …

RIYADH- SABA Prime Minister Dr. Ma’een Abdulmalik conducted on Thursday a telephone call with Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom. The phone conversation dealt with aspects of cooperation between Yemen and the WHO, mainly about the preventive and precautionary measures need to be taken to contain the …

RIYADH- SABA An emergency session presided over by Prime Minister Dr. Ma’een Abdulmalik convened on Saturday devoted to discuss precautionary and preventive measures to control Coronavirus. The meeting has decided to suspend all air flights from and to all Yemeni airports for two weeks starting next Tuesday at: 12:00 pm. …

NEW YORK- SABA The Government of Yemen has confirmed that any political consultations will not succeed under Houthi breaches of previous international agreements, military escalations and economic war, aggressive measures against humanitarian workers and looting relief from the mouths of the hungry people. “The admirable objective is realizing sustainable peace …

RIYADH-SABA Yemen’s foreign minister said the government’s suspension of its membership in the Redeployment Coordination Committee which oversees mutual redeployment of government forces and Houthi rebels in Hodeidah is meant to review the feasibility of the Stockholm Agreement. In a meeting with the US ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel here …

RIYADH-SABA Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadrami met Thursday with the Charged’ affairs of the Canadian embassy in Yemen Marceal Baghei. Yemeni-Canadian bilateral ties, situations in Yemen and peace process were key focus of the conversations. Al-Hadrami voiced gratitude and appreciation for the Canadian support to the Yemeni people, mainly the Canadian …

ADEN – SABA The government renewed its commitment and full keenness to implement the Riyadh Agreement with the Southern Transitional Council, to unify the national ranks in the face of the Iranian agenda and terrorism. A governmental source welcomed the Saudi Foreign Ministry’s new statement that renewed the Saudi endeavor …

ADEN-SABA ‏The Yemeni Government announced that it has decided to suspend the governmental team engagement in the Redeploymnet Coordination Committee (RCC) under Hodeidah agreement, holding Houthi militia accountable for this. ‏The Foreign Ministry stated in a statement Wednesday evening that the government has suspended its involvement in the RCC due …

RIYADH-SABA Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami discussed Wednesday with the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Yemen Ambassador Arma Marie van Duron mutual relations between the two countries and latest developments in Yemen. Houthi escalations and attacks against civilians, peace process and efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen Martin …