French Minister Visits Yemen, Meets Foreign Minister

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M.A.

Minister of foreign affairs, Hisham Sharaf, met the visiting French ambassador to Yemen in the capital Sana’a on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the minister briefed the ambassador on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen due to the all-out siege and war crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition.

“We expect France to play a positive role in backing political settlement’s efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen,” Sharaf stated.

The minister called upon the French government to cease the selling of weapons to the Saudi-led coalition due to the thousands of war crimes perpetrated by the coalition forces against the Yemeni civilians since Mach 2015.

Meanwhile, the French ambassador said he is visiting Sana’a to make his country’s position clear towards Yemen; there is no military solution for the Yemeni conflict, affirming that his country supports a political peaceful solution.