The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the international community called on the Yemeni parties to urgently intensify, and be flexible in, the negotiations under the auspices of the UN in order to agree on an expanded truce that could be translated into a durable ceasefire.
Deputy ministers and senior official representatives of the permanent five members of the Security Council (the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia), as well as the European Union, Germany, Kuwait and Sweden, referred to as the P5+4, met on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. The Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates participated as guests.
