The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf stressed that Yemeni-Yemeni consultations, under the auspices of the GCC and to be hosted at the GCC Secretariat General between March 29 and April 7, constitute an opportunity to end the conflict, realize peace and stability in Yemen and direct efforts towards development. He noted that the consultations also represent a Yemeni platform to all Yemenis to end the dispute among the Yemeni brothers to take Yemen to safety and meet the aspirations of the Yemeni people. The remarks were made Sunday during Al-Hajraf's meeting at the GCC Secretariat General's headquarters in Riyadh with the GCC ambassadors and ambassadors of the five countries with UN permanent membership in Yemen. During the meeting, the talks shed light on the GCC calls for the Yemeni-Yemeni consultations as part of GCC countries' continuous efforts aimed at ending the crisis in Yemen and taking the country to the stage of peace and national reconciliation that would meet the aspirations and ambitions of the Yemenis. This is in addition to restoring stability and ensuring the circumstances of decent living for the brotherly Yemeni people. The consultations aim at urging all Yemeni parties without any exclusion to accept a comprehensive ceasefire and embark on peace talks, under the auspices of the UN with the GCC support, to enhance the capabilities of state institutions and enable them to carry out their constitutional tasks on the Yemeni territories. The consultations aim to restore peace, security and stability in Yemen; stress the GCC stance on the crisis and continue support from the GCC countries to Yemen It aims to prepare sustainable mechanisms for the Yemeni-Yemeni consultations that encompass all the political and civil elements to unify the internal front and restore the envisioned peace, security and stability in Yemen according to a Yemeni vision that puts the interests of Yemen and its people as a maximum priority that tops all other considerations. The meeting was attended by the ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions of UAE, Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, US, UK, France, Russia and China. — SPA
