Yemen Crisis
The phone call discussed ways of enhancing bilateral relations and economic partnership between both countries and discussed regional issues including the situation in Gaza and Sudan.
Cairo’s remarks come amid escalating tensions in Yemen between the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government, and the UAE-backed southern separatists, after the latter seized Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province near the Saudi border in December.
Egypt’s President has affirmed the need to renew truce in Yemen in a way that paves the way for reaching a permanent ceasefire as well as a political settlement in the Arab country.
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed Saudi Arabia’s efforts to reactivate the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council, which was signed in November 2019.
“I paid 11 thousand riyals to see my son behind the bars … the price of a phone all is different,” said the mother of two children kidnapped by the militia.
Abu Dhabi hosted Sunday an international symposium to review and critically analyse a report published by UNHRC concerning the human rights situation in Yemen.
