FM meets with economic advisor at UN envoy office

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Jamal Amer met on Tuesday in the capital Sana’a with the economic advisor at the office of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen Dirk-Jan Omtzigt and Deputy Director of the Office of the UN Envoy in the capital Sana’a Mohamed Abu Jahjah.

In the meeting, Minister Amer stressed Sana’a’s seriousness in working to resolve the economic file, but the cart should not be put before the horse, and attention should not be paid to holding useless meetings and consultations.

He said that “the Yemeni people can no longer tolerate more selling of illusions and are looking forward to practical and realistic solutions to address the economic situation.”

The UN envoy’s office called for real guarantees from those who have the decision of the other party, indicating that Washington was the one who announced linking the peace file in Yemen and paying salaries of state employees to the file of military escalation in the Red Sea to bargain with Sana’a over its humanitarian and national position towards supporting and backing the brothers in the Gaza Strip.

The Foreign Minister added that if real guarantees are provided, Sana’a is ready to move forward towards signing the economic agreement and work to time it to ensure its implementation, and in a way that contributes to improving the economic and living conditions of the citizen in all governorates without exception.

He appreciated what was included in the economic advisor’s paper in terms of diagnosing the issues he presented and anticipating their solution.

Minister Amer pointed out that addressing the SWIFT issue of CAC Bank, which is a technical problem, could be a message of good intentions and the extent of seriousness towards resolving the economic file.

For his part, the economic advisor explained that the envoy’s office is working seriously and sincerely to present a realistic action plan to address the economic file in Yemen.