The spokesman for the European External Action Service welcomed the announcement made the day before by Saudi Arabia, on behalf of the ‘Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen’, of a unilateral two-week ceasefire in Yemen to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“It is now imperative that the domestic parties to the conflict, namely the Government of Yemen and the movement Ansar Allah, immediately cease all hostilities and begin talks in good faith under UN auspices”, he said in a...