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Russia’s Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedushkin called the international community and the sides of the conflict in Yemen to support the resolution drafted by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Dedushkin told TASS on Saturday.
"For the first time in three years since the conflict in Yemen started, a specific document has been presented, which must be supported by all sides of the conflict and by the international community represented by the UN Security Council," the diplomat stressed. "The document must be mandatory, this is of fundamental importance. Besides, this will be a difficult compromise, during which the sides have to make significant concessions," he added.
The UN envoy for Yemen is planning to create a road map for a future agreement on comprehensive regulation. "We are talking about basic security parameters and political steps that ultimately would put an end to the conflict and restore Yemen’s statehood. Naturally, the document outlines the task of creating the corresponding political and military mechanisms to realize these objectives, as well as necessary guarantees," the ambassador noted.
Dedushkin added that achieving that would not be easy in current conditions. "We have a lot of hard work ahead of us. However, there is hope for success. It is determined by the willingness of all sides - the Yemeni government, the Houthis, the Arabic coalition and the international sponsors of political process - to lead the Yemeni people to long-awaited peace," the Russian diplomat said.
"However, first, we all have to meet in Stockholm," he concluded.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the regime of former president Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the country’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Some 16,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of the Saudi-led aggression.
More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
