The Yemeni government has urged the international community to pressure the Iran-backed Houthi militias to stop their military escalation.
It called on the international community to push the Houthis to accept the peace initiatives.
Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Mubarak made these statements during a meeting with State Secretary to Sweden’s Prime Minister Karin Wallensteen in Stockholm Thursday.
The visit comes as part of his European tour that took him to Norway and the Netherlands.
The Yemeni FM and the Swedish minister discussed Yemen’s peace process, in addition to the role that international key players are expected to play in pushing it forward.
Bin Mubarak also met with Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olof Olsson Fridh.
They discussed means of cooperation on development, and further addressed the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen.
During his visit to the Netherlands, Bin Mubarak reviewed the Iranian subversive role in Yemen.
He indicated that the Houthi partnership with the Iranian agenda aimed at destabilizing the security and stability of Yemen and the Arab region as well as complicating the conflict.
He stressed the government’s keenness to provide full support to UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg.
He expressed the government's willingness to work with Grundberg to reach a comprehensive ceasefire that would help address all other humanitarian, political, and economic issues.
The Foreign Minister reviewed the humanitarian situation in Yemen and underlined the importance of addressing the gap in financing the humanitarian response plan.
He shed light on the continuation of the Houthi aggression on Marib governorate, its humanitarian repercussions, the militia’s targeting of residential areas and IDP camps, and the recruitment of children as well as illegal migrants.
Bin Mubarak addressed maritime and environmental security in the Red Sea.
He stressed putting an end to the threats posed by the Houthis to the security of the Red Sea through the indiscriminate deployment of sea mines and targeting ships with explosive boats.
He also slammed the Houthis for procrastinating in responding to international calls to defuse a major environmental and humanitarian disaster by not allowing the inspection of the Safer oil tanker.
He told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that his tour seeks to mobilize European support for the legitimacy in Yemen.
This visit is a continuation of trips to the GCC countries, Russia and other countries, he added.
