{"id":9612,"date":"2020-03-08T10:13:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2020-03-09T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:14:00","slug":"un-de-escalation-calls-should-be-addressed-to-houthi-militia-says-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/9612\/","title":{"rendered":"UN de-escalation calls should be addressed to Houthi militia, says PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH &#8211; SABA<br \/>\nYemen&#8217;s Prime Minister said the UN calls for de-escalation of fighting in the country should be addressed to and enforced upon the reckless Houthi militia.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/158368155658938514.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/158368155658938514.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/158368155658938514-400x287.png 400w, https:\/\/www.mofa-ye.org\/Pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/158368155658938514-768x551.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nIn a meeting with the Chinese ambassador to Yemen Kang Yong here on Sunday, Maeen Abdulmalik said the UN peace mediator Martin Griffiths&#8217; calls for de-escalation calls should be &#8220;addressed to and enforced upon the Houthi militia who exploited the current truce in Hodeidah city &#8230; to open new warfronts and deepen the humanitarian disaster which they are responsible for triggering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a one-day visit to the government-held Marib city on Saturday, Griffiths had called &#8220;for an immediate and unconditional freeze and the start of a comprehensive and inclusive and accountable de-escalation process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffiths calls come amidst Houthi expansions and vows to attack Marib, a government-held city that has been for years receiving thousands and thousands of families escaping the theocratic militia&#8217;s violence and persecution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated topic, the Chinese ambassador handed over Abdulmalik a letter from the Premier of the Chinese State Council Li Keqiang on health cooperation. Keqiang appreciated Yemen&#8217;s sympathy with China over the Corona virus disease that affected parts of China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH &#8211; SABA Yemen&#8217;s Prime Minister said the UN calls for de-escalation of fighting in the country should be addressed to and enforced upon the reckless Houthi militia. 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