Kuwait Supports Participation Of Yemeni Warring Sides In Stockholm Consultations

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Kuwait expressed readiness to provide logistical support to ensure the participation of the Temeni warring parties in a round of consultations expected to be held in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.

This came during Kuwait’s speech at a meeting of the Security Council on Yemen on Friday. Kuwaiti Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassadot Mansour Al-Otaibi stressed Kuwait’s support for the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffith in this regard.

Al-Otaibi affirmed Kuwait’s belief that there is no solution to the crisis in Yemen except through political solution, expressing support for the political process to end the suffering of the Yemeni people. 

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have deployed about 10,000 new troops to Yemen's west coast after repeated campaigns to seize Hodeida, which is seen as the main entry point for food imports and aid relief needed by millions in the war-torn country, were thwarted by Houthis and their allies in the Yemeni army.

The invaders have hit a stiff wall of resistance put up by the city's protectors who have pushed back the militants and mercenaries.

The Hodeida offensive has sparked concerns over its impact on the civilian population as well as on humanitarian aid operations.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the regime of Yemen's former President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi back to power and crushing the Houthis.

According to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, the Saudi-led war has so far claimed the lives of around 56,000 Yemenis.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team