Biden welcomes the Yemen armistice.. "I owe the Saudi leadership role"
The White House announced, on Friday, that US President Joe Biden welcomed the announcement of a two-month armistice in Yemen.
"I am indebted to the leadership role of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman for the success of the truce before the month of Ramadan," Biden said.
He also added, "It is time to reach political settlements to achieve lasting peace in Yemen," stressing the need to adhere to the armistice and end the war in the country.
"I thank the Yemeni government for the trust it placed in the UN mediation to reach the armistice," he added.
The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, had announced that the parties to the Yemeni crisis had responded positively to a two-month truce starting on Friday, April 1, and stopping all military operations inside Yemen and across the border, indicating the possibility of renewing it with the consent of the parties.
And he added in a statement, today, Friday, that the parties also agreed to enter fuel ships to the port of Hodeidah and to operate commercial flights to predetermined destinations to and from Sanaa airport.
He also explained that the parties agreed to meet to open roads in Taiz and other governorates.
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