Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has held a meeting with Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi in Tunisia to discuss the prospects of conflict settlement in the Arab country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st April, 2019) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has held a meeting with Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi in Tunisia to discuss the prospects of conflict settlement in the Arab country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The bilateral talks took place on the sidelines of the 30th Arab League summit that was held in the Tunisian capital on Sunday.
"[The two sides] have discussed the prospects of ending the armed confrontation in the Republic of Yemen and the establishment of a comprehensive peace process under the auspices of the United Nations, including the implementation of the Stockholm agreement," the ministry said in a statement, published on its official website.
Bogdanov and Hadi also touched upon the issue of Russian-Yemeni ties in the context of the conflict settlement in Yemen.
The civil conflict in Yemen between the internationally recognized government, led by Hadi, and Houthi rebels, who have occupied vast lands in the country's northwest, began in 2015. The Saudi-led coalition is helping out the government forces with airstrikes, which have inflicted numerous civilian casualties.
Last December, the warring parties attended long-awaited UN-brokered peace talks in Sweden. As a result of the meeting, the rebels and the government agreed to a ceasefire in Yemeni port city of Al Hudaydah, an exchange of prisoners and the establishment of humanitarian corridors.
