President Al-Zubaidi discusses developments of political process with the envoy of Kingdom of Sweden

SMA NEWS – RIYADH
The President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, President Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, received on Sunday, the Swedish envoy to Yemen, Mr. Peter Semneby, and Mr. Eric Shant, Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The meeting discussed developments in the political process in our country in light of the talks that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is conducting with the Houthi militia to reach a roadmap to end the conflict and bring peace to the country, under the auspices of the United Nations.

In this context, President Al-Zubaidi renewed the support of the Presidential Leadership Council and STC for all political, regional and international efforts aimed at stopping the war and achieving stability, stressing the importance of reaching a comprehensive political process that takes into account the facts of history and the realities on the ground and accommodates the central issues in the conflict, foremost of which is the issue of the people of the South, for which the various parties in the Presidential Leadership Council agreed to set a special framework for it in the political process since its inception.

The meeting also discussed the humanitarian efforts made by the government of the Kingdom of Sweden to support our people in their ordeal as a result of the war, in which President Al-Zubaidi praised the role of the Kingdom of Sweden in hosting six donor conferences for Yemen since the outbreak of the war in 2015.

The meeting touched on the security aspect in our country, and in this context the Swedish envoy affirmed his country’s keenness as member of the European Union to consolidate relations with the Gulf states and Yemen, and to intensify security cooperation in the field of combating terrorism, maritime security, and solving the problem of the influx of African refugees to our country, noting that the European Union will discuss all of these issues at a conference of foreign ministers of the European Union with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Muscat at the end of the current year.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Semneby renewed the support of the Kingdom of Sweden for all political efforts aimed at ending the war and bringing peace to our country under the umbrella of the United Nations.