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Britain’s ambassador to Yemen on Monday expressed his country’s concern over the lack of progress in implementing the Stockholm agreement signed by the Yemeni parties last month in Sweden.
Ambassador Michael Aron told Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper that the need to submit the British draft resolution was a response to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich’s letter calling for the deployment of UN observers to Yemen’s western coastal city of Hodeida.
At the same time, Aron confirmed that the new British draft resolution is free of political or humanitarian aspects and has nothing to do with the Sweden agreement.
“I understand the criticism from some Yemenis for the previous draft resolution, but this resolution is completely different,” he said.
The UK’s ambassador pointed out that the new draft was submitted at the request of the United Nations. “This needs a Security Council resolution. We wrote the resolution only, and we have no political role in that.”
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
