Signing on GCC deal, its mechanism ‘’will really end Yemen’s grinding crisis” says US Ambassador to Yemen

Source: Yemen Observer

Yemen Vice President: ambassadors of SC permanent members, GCC to take part in implementing reconciliation deal.

Vice President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Monday the ambassadors of the permanent members of UN Security Council and the Gulf Cooperation Council states and the ambassador of the European Union to Yemen.

During the meeting, Hadi said that the signing of the Gulf-brokered initiative and its mechanism in the Saudi capital Riyadh was the first implementation step, adding ‘’We have called for presidential elections to be held on 21 February’’.

The vice president pointed out that all foreign ambassadors in Yemen, particularly the GCC ambassadors, are partners in the implementation process of the Gulf initiative and its mechanisms.

He went on to say that the economic problem may have been the most prominent cause of the current political and security crises.

For his part, US ambassador in Sana'a Gerald Feierstein said in the meeting that the signing of the initiative and its mechanism ‘’will really end Yemen’s grinding crisis’’, stressing that his country would provide support and assistance needed for applying this agreement.

The Russian envoy to Yemen pointed to ‘’the need for full cooperation with Yemen, especially at this critical stage’’, calling for the establishment of a fund for reconstruction in Yemen.

For his part, the EU ambassador called for the establishment of a fund for economical and developmental assistance to Yemen.