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2021-03-25 Arabia
More Countries Welcome Saudi Initiative to End Yemen Crisis
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
’s new initiative for achieving peace in war-torn Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
is gaining more support from world states and organizations.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
on Tuesday welcomed the initiative designed to end the crisis and restart the political process.

Guterres thanked the Kingdom for backing UN peace efforts and called on all actors and stakeholders to "take this opportunity" to "facilitate an immediate agreement that brings Yemen back to a path toward peace."

"The secretary-general welcomes all steps aimed at bringing the parties closer to a resolution in line with the efforts by his special envoy, Martin Griffiths, to secure a nationwide ceasefire, the re-opening of Sanaa airport, the regular flow of fuel and other commodities into Yemen through Hodeidah port, and move to an inclusive political process to reach a comprehensive negotiated settlement to end the conflict," said an official statement carried by Guterres’ deputy front man, Farhan Haq.

La Belle France welcomed the initiative and applauded the Yemeni government’s decision to engage. It urged the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
militias to respond favorably to this proposal so that a process to end the crisis can begin, and end the suffering of the Yemeni people.

It demanded that all Yemeni stakeholders implement a ceasefire and start negotiations to achieve a comprehensive, inclusive political agreement, under the auspices of the UN.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that Moscow welcomes the Saudi initiative.

"Moscow calls for an end to the long-standing armed conflict in Yemen, in a manner that guarantees stability and national harmony of the country," the ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
Mauritania’s Foreign Ministry released a statement reiterating demand for an immediate, comprehensive and lasting solution to the crisis based on the Security Council resolution 2216, the outcomes of the Yemeni National Dialogue and the Gulf initiative and its implementation mechanisms.

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu on Tuesday said that his country welcomes the initiative proposed by Saudi and stressed that Tokyo will support it.

"We ask the Houthis to make an immediate ceasefire and start a dialogue as soon as possible for a political solution," Motegi said at a presser in Tokyo.
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