Pak Sahafat – US President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a statement welcoming the extension of the ceasefire in Yemen and claiming: Ending the war in Yemen has been a priority for my government.
US President Joe Biden said in a statement without mentioning Washington’s role in the Yemeni war: I welcome the extension of the ceasefire in Yemen announced today. Due to this ceasefire, the last two months in Yemen have been one of the most peaceful periods in the country since the beginning of this terrible war seven years ago.
Biden added: Thousands of lives have been saved by ending the conflict. For the first time in seven years, Yemenis can fly from Sanaa to destinations outside Yemen.
The President of the United States continued: We have also seen the arrival of fuel ships in the port of Hudaydah, which is helping to alleviate the fuel crisis in Yemen. The parties to the conflict have now extended the ceasefire for another two months, and efforts to make the ceasefire permanent are important.
He claimed: Ending the war in Yemen has been a priority for my government. I call on all parties to move quickly towards a comprehensive and inclusive peace process.
Joe Biden praised the role of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt and Jordan, noting that a ceasefire would not have been possible without extensive diplomacy in the region.
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In the end, he said: As we continue to support regional diplomacy to reduce tensions in the Middle East, the United States also focuses on deterring threats against its friends and partners in the region. Our friends can trust the United States as their security partner.
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, stated: The humanitarian and military ceasefire in Yemen was extended for another two months.
At the suggestion of the United Nations, a two-month ceasefire was established in Yemen on April 2nd (April 13th), the most important of which was the entry of 18 fuel-carrying ships into the ports of Al-Hudaidah and the permission of two weekly round-trip flights from Sanaa Airport.
Following the end of the ceasefire, which has been repeatedly violated by the Saudi aggression coalition, UN consultations began to renew it, and finally today the UN special envoy for Yemen announced that an agreement had been reached to extend it for two months.
The Yemeni Supreme Political Council stressed Wednesday night that the extension of the ceasefire is conditional on the fulfillment of all obligations under the previous ceasefire and compensation for violations.
Saudi Arabia launched a large-scale offensive against Yemen, the poorest Arab country, on April 26, 1994, in the form of a coalition of several Arab countries, including the UAE, with the help and green light of the United States, under the pretext of returning ousted President Abd al-Mansour Hadi. He fulfilled his power, goals and political aspirations, but due to the heroic resistance of the Yemeni people and the armed forces and their special missile and drone operations, he failed to achieve these goals and was forced to accept a ceasefire.