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The UN Secretary General met with Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The Secretary-General and the deputy crown prince exchanged views on a wide number of regional issues, including the conflict in Syria, the situations in Libya, Lebanon and Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process.
On Yemen, the Secretary-General stressed the urgency of ending the conflict.
On the issue of protecting children and civilians in the armed conflict in Yemen, the Secretary-General and the deputy crown prince discussed putting into place concrete measures that could improve the situation on the ground.
He expressed hope that by the time he presents the Children and Armed Conflict report to the Security Council in August, he could point to progress on the protection of children and civilians in Yemen.
Ban said he remains open to receiving any new elements from Saudi Arabia and hoped that discussions would take place soon.
Earlier this month the United Nations released its report on protection of children rights where Saudi Arabia was criticized for killing children in Yemen and Ban Ki-moon admitted afterwards that he has removed Saudi Arabia from the list of children rights violators under political and financial pressure of the Saudi regime.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
