UAE minister welcomes ceasefire agreement for Yemen's Hodeidah

Ersin Çelik
15:4513/12/2018, Thursday
U: 13/12/2018, Thursday
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UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash welcomed an agreement between Yemen's warring parties to a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday.

"Encouraging news today from Sweden. Important political progress made including the status of Hodeida. The Coalition & Yemeni forces' military pressure enabled this significant breakthrough," Gargash said in a tweet.

The United Arab Emirates is a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to restore the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

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