President of the Presidential Leadership Council discusses with the US Secretary of State bilateral relations and opportunities to revive peace in Yemen

  New York

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, President of the Presidential Leadership Council, along with the Member of the Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi held talks today, Monday, in New York with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on the sideline of the UN General Assembly's sessions, that will be held tomorrow, Tuesday.

The meeting discussed the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, the developments of the Yemeni situations, the good offices led by the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman to renew the truce and launch a comprehensive political process under the auspices of the United Nations.

President Al-Alimi praised the distinguished bilateral relations between the Republic of Yemen and the United States, the American supportive stance in support of the constitutional legitimacy in Yemen at different forums. 

His Excellency also highly valued the American humanitarian interventions to alleviate the Yemeni peoples' suffering which further exacerbated by the Houthi militias' terrorist attacks on the oil facilities and international marine shipping lines.

For his part, the US Secretary of State expressed Washington's support for the Presidential Leadership Council, stressing the importance of the coherent unity of the Presidential Council to reach a comprehensive and fair peace that meet the aspirations of all Yemenis.

Mr. Blinken praised the positive dealing of the Presidential Council and the Government with the efforts aiming to renew the truce, revive the peace process in Yemen.

The meeting was attended by Director of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Yahya Al-Shuaibi, Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak, Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Abdullah Al-Saadi., and Yemen's Ambassador to the United States, Mohammed Al-Hadhrami. From the U.S. side, the meeting was attended by U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, and a number of American officials.