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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Stockholm – Badr Al-Qahtani

UN Envoy: Commitment to Yemen Truce Is Not the Same as Making Concessions

US and UN envoys at their meeting in Washington (US State Department)

Advocating the temporary truce between the Yemeni government and Houthi insurgents, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said both sides of the agreement understand that committing to the armistice ultimately benefits the people of Yemen.

In addition to the fact that the armistice is temporary, it is directed at the people of Yemen, not the parties, Grundberg told Asharq Al-Awsat.

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