US envoy to Yemen: Houthi attacks obstruct peace
SMA NEWS – RIYADH
US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking met the Saudi ambassadors to the US and Yemen to discuss recent Houthi offences in the Gulf country’s Marib governate.
They discussed ways the US could strengthen its support for the kingdom in its defence against Houthi attacks.
The talks on Tuesday in Washington DC came after a series of attacks by the Houthi militia in Yemen that resulted in significant civilian casualties in the past week.
Princess Reema Al Saud, Saudi ambassador to the US, and Mohamed Al Jaber, Saudi ambassador to Yemen, with other Saudi government representatives, sat down with Mr Lenderking and other officials from the US departments of state and defence.
Mr Lenderking said discussions covered “how the brutal Houthi offence on Marib is obstructing peace” and how economic instability is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
Sustainable solutions to the issue, fuel imports from Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, and the resumption of commercial flights to Yemen were also discussed.
