Yemeni president’s advisor praises Egypt’s support for Yemeni in conflict with Houthi forces

Ahmed Abbas
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Houthi rebels agreed with a proposed ceasefire by Saudi Arabia (Picture-alliance / AP Photo / H. Jamali)

Egyptian ambassador to Yemen Yousef Al-Sharqawy and the Yemeni president’s advisor Abd Al Aziz Al-Muflehy met in Riyadh where Al-Muflehy thanked Egypt and its President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for their support of Yemen during the current conflict between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebel movement.

Al-Sharqawy said the Egyptian priorities include the achievement of unity in Yemen,  regional safety, and the legitimacy of their current President Hadi Mansour.

The representatives agreed that the solution to the Yemeni conflict should emerge from the framework of the Gulf initiative, an internal Yemini dialogue, and the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2216.

Yemen sees Egypt as a key regional partner since Egypt gained membership in the UN Security Council, which will be effective at the beginning of 2016.

The meeting also addressed the possibility of providing Wheelchair Yemenis in Cairo permanent residence and providing medical services to patients wounded in Yemen.

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Ahmed Abbas is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. He previously worked as Egypt based reporter for Correspondents.org, and interned as a broadcast journalist at Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Abbas is a fellow of Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change. He holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and New Media from Jordan Media Institute. He was awarded by the ICFJ for best public service reporting in 2013, and by the German foreign office for best feature in 2014.