Addis Ababa, June 15, 2018 (FBC) - The UN Security Council has called on all sides involved in fighting over the Yemeni city of Hudaida to keep its port open to allow the delivery of aid and other essentials.
Saudi and Emirati forces began an offensive to capture the Houthi held city three days ago, raising fears for its 600,000 strong civilian population and over the safety of its port, which is responsible for 70 percent of imports into Yemen.
During a closed-door meeting, members of the Security Council expressed their "deep concern about the risks to the humanitarian situation", Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, who holds the council presidency, said.
The council brushed aside a call by Sweden, a non-permanent member, for a freeze to the military operation to allow time for talks on a rebel withdrawal from the Red Sea port city.
Yemen's internationally recognised government earlier said negotiations had failed to force the rebels from Hudaida, and a grace period for UN-led peace efforts was over.
Source: Aljazeera
Posted by Amare Asrat
Saudi and Emirati forces began an offensive to capture the Houthi held city three days ago, raising fears for its 600,000 strong civilian population and over the safety of its port, which is responsible for 70 percent of imports into Yemen.
During a closed-door meeting, members of the Security Council expressed their "deep concern about the risks to the humanitarian situation", Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, who holds the council presidency, said.
The council brushed aside a call by Sweden, a non-permanent member, for a freeze to the military operation to allow time for talks on a rebel withdrawal from the Red Sea port city.
Yemen's internationally recognised government earlier said negotiations had failed to force the rebels from Hudaida, and a grace period for UN-led peace efforts was over.
Source: Aljazeera
Posted by Amare Asrat
Addis Ababa, June 15, 2018 (FBC) - The UN Security Council has called on all sides involved in fighting over the Yemeni city of Hudaida to keep its port open to allow the delivery of aid and other essentials.
Saudi and Emirati forces began an offensive to capture the Houthi held city three days ago, raising fears for its 600,000 strong civilian population and over the safety of its port, which is responsible for 70 percent of imports into Yemen.
During a closed-door meeting, members of the Security Council expressed their "deep concern about the risks to the humanitarian situation", Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, who holds the council presidency, said.
The council brushed aside a call by Sweden, a non-permanent member, for a freeze to the military operation to allow time for talks on a rebel withdrawal from the Red Sea port city.
Yemen's internationally recognised government earlier said negotiations had failed to force the rebels from Hudaida, and a grace period for UN-led peace efforts was over.
Source: Aljazeera
Posted by Amare Asrat
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