Dawn of Peace in Yemen
The UN envoy to Yemen (Yaman) said on Saturday 23rd that both the Saudi Arabian-backed Yemeni government forces and the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi Youth Movement rebels have pledged to take the necessary measures to realize a long-awaited ceasefire agreement and join the UN-led peace process to end the nine-year-long civil war.
Following a series of meetings between various forces in Saudi Arabia and Oman, the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, "welcomes the commitment of the parties to a series of measures aimed at implementing a national ceasefire, improving living conditions and preparing for the resumption of political negotiations between the Yemeni factions," he said in a statement issued through his office on 23 March. Hans Grundberg's 23rd announcement is the latest development in Yemen's nine-year civil war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The statement said the special envoy had engaged with the parties and a roadmap for peace under the auspices of the United Nations, including the above-mentioned commitments and a plan to support their implementation". The plan, along with the ceasefire agreement, would also include an agreement to resume oil exports, pay all public sector salaries, open roads in Taiz province and other parts of Yemen, and further ease restrictions on the airport in the capital, Sanaa, and the port of Hudaydah.
A permanent ceasefire in Yemen would bring about a dramatic change in the Middle East. In particular, the Houthi Youth Movement has recently launched a series of military attacks on ships on the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The suspension of Red Sea shipping routes by the world's major cargo and oil companies has led to renewed chaos in the global supply chain, and may once again affect the global economic situation.
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