Abdullah bin Zayed receives UN Special Envoy for Yemen

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, yesterday received Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen.

During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah was briefed on the latest developments of the situation in Yemen, the UN's efforts there, and exchanged views on the current developments at the regional and international levels.

The two sides also discussed ways of strengthening mutual humanitarian partnerships and the co-ordination of relief and development programmes and activities in Yemen in order to serve common humanitarian objectives and aspirations.

Sheikh Abdullah reiterated that the UAE will spare no effort in providing all that it can to alleviate the repercussions of the events taking place in Yemen on the lives of the people there through the Saudi-led Arab coalition in support of the legitimacy in Yemen.

The UN envoy praised the UAE's humanitarian efforts in Yemen and its initiatives to help alleviate the suffering and improve the lives of people affected in a number of governorates around the country
Source :WAM