This week, the US Special Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, begins a Gulf tour to support the ongoing efforts to secure a new agreement on a comprehensive peace process and end the war. And the US State Department stated in a statement, yesterday evening (Tuesday), that “after more than a year of intensive diplomatic efforts by the United States and the United Nations and the support of regional partners; Like Saudi Arabia and Oman, Yemen is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity for peace.
"The UN-brokered truce, which began in April 2022, laid the foundation for renewed peace efforts while offering tangible benefits for the Yemeni people moving forward," according to the statement. The US State Department confirmed that only the Yemeni parties can achieve lasting peace and draw a brighter future for their country, and this is the reason for the urgent need for a Yemeni-Yemeni political process.
The US envoy is expected to meet with Yemeni, Saudi and international partners to discuss the necessary steps to secure a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive political process mediated by the United Nations, while ensuring continued efforts to alleviate the economic crisis and the suffering of Yemenis.
The Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Muhammad Al Jaber, said in a tweet on Twitter (Monday): His visit to Sanaa and the talks with the Houthis are a continuation of the Kingdom's efforts to end the Yemeni crisis, and in support of the initiative presented by the Kingdom in 2021.
And Al Jaber added: I am visiting Sanaa, in the presence of a delegation from the Sultanate of Oman; With the aim of establishing the armistice and the cease-fire, supporting the prisoner exchange process, and discussing ways of dialogue between the Yemeni components to reach a comprehensive and sustainable political solution in Yemen.
On March 22, 2021, Saudi Arabia announced an initiative to end the Yemeni crisis and reach a comprehensive political solution. The initiative included a comprehensive ceasefire under the supervision of the United Nations, and the deposit of taxes and customs revenues for oil derivative ships from the port of Hodeidah in the joint account at the Central Bank of Yemen in Hodeidah, according to the Stockholm Agreement on Hodeidah. .
The initiative includes the opening of Sana'a International Airport, and the start of consultations between the Yemeni parties to reach a political solution to the Yemeni crisis under the auspices of the United Nations based on the references of UN Security Council Resolution 2216, the Gulf initiative, and the outcomes of the comprehensive Yemeni national dialogue.
On a second level, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said: I look forward to working with the US administration and the Republicans and Democrats in Congress, to see if we can take the US-Saudi relations to the next level, which will be of huge economic benefit to the two countries, and will bring much-desired stability to the region rife with conflicts. .
Okaz (Washington) @okaz_online