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LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday he will press for the UN Security Council to take further steps to end hostilities in Yemen political solution to the war in this country.
FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives at Downing Street, London, October 16, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay / File Photo
Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, is battling a nearly four-year-long war between Houthi rebels aligned with Iran to the Saudi-backed government, the United Arab Emirates and the West. The conflict has killed at least 10,000 people and caused the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world.
Hunt had agreed with UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths that the time had come for the Security Council to strengthen the UN-led process, the Foreign Office said in a statement, without specifying the measures that Britain would take.
"The steps that the United Kingdom is taking in the United Nations Security Council will help to achieve this goal, ensuring that a comprehensive ceasefire, when the time comes, is fully implemented," said the United Nations Security Council. communicated.
US diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Britain was working with the United States on the drafting of a resolution to fighting in Yemen. This follows last week's call by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the cessation of hostilities in Yemen.
Britain declared that a ceasefire would have an effect on the ground that it was supported by a political agreement between the warring parties
Griffiths is trying to save the peace talks that collapsed in September. He said last week that he hoped the consultations could resume in a month. He must inform the Security Council on 16 November.
The United States and Britain have called for an end to the conflict, putting pressure on Saudi Arabia over the global outcry over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul October 2nd.
Hunt echoed US Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who on Friday called for an end to the war and said recent political developments have created signs of hope for a settlement.
"For the first time, there seems to be a niche in which both parties can be encouraged to sit down, stop the killings and find a political solution that is the only long-term solution to the disaster," Hunt said. .
"The UK will use all its influence to push for such an approach."
Report of William James in London and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Edited by Emelia Sithole-Matarise
