FM meets head of UNMHA

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Hisham Sharaf Abdullah, met today,Wednesday, with the head of the United Nations Mission in Support of Hodeida Agreement (UNMHA) – the head of the Redeployment Coordination Committee in Hodeida, General Michael Beary.

During the meeting, they reviewed the mission’s activities during the last year, and the mission’s plans for the current year 2023.

Sharaf stressed the importance of commitment to implementing the Stockholm Agreement, in which the aggression countries and their loyalists are still targeting civilians in Hodeida province.

He also stressed that any upcoming truce is an opportunity to build confidence, and a necessary step to enter into any process of achieving a just, honorable and sustainable peace that serves the interest of the Yemeni people.
He said, “The truce should include a number of measures, foremost of which is paying the salaries of all state employees, neutralizing the economic process, stopping manipulation of the national currency, ensuring the entry of ships of oil derivatives, domestic gas, foodstuffs and commercial goods in all their forms, and reopening Sana’a International Airport completely and for different destinations.”

Sharaf pointed out the keenness of the Sana’a authorities to provide facilities and support to the redeployment team and mission in Hodeida and to continue coordination and consultation, which would make their tasks a success and implement their programmers.

For his part, General Beary, affirmed that the Redeployment Coordination Committee will continue its work as required.

He expressed his hope for everyone’s cooperation to achieve the desired goals of the presence of the United Nations Mission to Coordinate Redeployment in Hodeida.