Hans Grundberg noted that the flight was the first to leave the Houthi-controlled airport in Sana’a – not long after fighting intensified between rebels there and the Saudi-backed coalition An internationally recognized government – was a key part of last month’s Armistice Agreement.
The flight took off at 9 a.m. local time, bound for Amman, Jordan, carrying 130 Yemeni passengers. In his statement, Mr. Grundberg expressed gratitude to the Government of Jordan for their invaluable support, “and the constructive cooperation of the Government of Yemen in facilitating the flight.” “.
“I want to congratulate all Yemenis on this important and long-awaited step“, the UN special envoy said.
Come together ‘to do more’
“I hope this will be of some help to the Yemenis who need to search medical treatment abroad, pursue study and business opportunities, or reunite with loved ones“Mr. Grundberg added.
“This will be the moment of come together to do more, start to fix what happened in war and stick to all armistice commitments to build trust and work towards the resumption of a political process to end the conflict in a sustainable way”.
Mr. Grundberg stressed that intense efforts are being made to assist the parties in fulfilling all the commitments they made during the armistice agreement.
A promise
“These pledges are essentially a promise to the Yemeni people,” he said, “a promise of more security, better access to basic goods and services, and improved freedom of movement within, to and from Yemen.
“The progress of paving the way in Taiz is key to delivering on this promise. I hope the parties will meet their obligations, including an emergency meeting to agree on paving the way on Taiz and other authorities in Yemen under the terms of the armistice,” said Grundberg. conclude.
