The Arab Parliament welcomed the statement issued by the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, which includes the announcement of a two-month humanitarian truce starting tomorrow, stressing that it is a real opportunity to resume the political process and alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. In a statement on Friday, Parliament considered the positive atmosphere of the Yemeni-Yemeni consultations hosted in the capital, Riyadh, and under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as a great opportunity for Yemenis to restore the state, praising at the same time the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to restore stability in Yemen and end the suffering of the Yemeni people. The Arab Parliament called on the Houthi militias to comply with and respect the armistice, and to deal with the ongoing discussions regarding proposals for the next steps. In Riyadh, the Secretary-General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Naif Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf welcomed the announcement issued by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen, and the Yemeni government's announcement of the start of a two-month truce, halting all forms of military operations inside Yemen and on the Saudi borders - in accordance with the detailed and announced arrangements by the Special Envoy and under the auspices of the United Nations to provide the appropriate environment and ground to reduce the escalation, reach a political settlement of the conflict between the Yemeni parties, and achieve comprehensive peace, yesterday, Friday, April 1, 2022. The GCC Secretary-General affirmed that the issuance of this declaration comes as an affirmation of the importance the international community attaches to the Yemeni crisis, praising the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in declaring the truce, which comes in the context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's initiative to end the Yemeni crisis to reach a comprehensive political solution, announced in March 2021, too.
