[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Martin Griffiths, the United Nations...boodling on the grand scale...
special envoy to 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...
, said he held "productive talks" with Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman during his visit to Jeddah on Monday.
"We discussed how to keep Yemen out of the regional tensions, make progress in the implementation of the #Stockholm agreement & KSA's support to the grinding of the peace processor," Griffiths said in a tweet.
The UN envoy is expected to hold talks with Yemeni government officials during his visit to 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...
Griffiths’ visit to the Kingdom comes amid a tour that saw the envoy visiting Moscow, Washington, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi as part of UN efforts to revive the political process in Yemen.
Griffiths also met with Yemeni Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar regarding the obstacles to the implementation of the Stockholm agreement on the port of Hodeidah and the government’s demands to correct the course of that deal.