UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations welcomes the first commercial flight scheduled out of Sanaa airport in six years, as an essential step in the two-month truce, a UN spokesman said, yesterday.
The flight to Amman, Jordan, is scheduled to take off on Sunday, said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. “The UN thanks the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for its support, in bringing about this achievement, and the Government of Yemen for its constructive role in making this happen.”
The world body counts on all parties involved to ensure a successful flight, Dujarric said. The flight is an important element of the truce, between the government and the Houthi militia recently reached, through the mediation efforts of Hans Grundberg, UN special envoy for Yemen.
The spokesman expressed the hope that parties to the accord will continue facilitating the flights as terms of the truce agreement.
“Grundberg is working with the parties to ensure the successful implementation of the truce, including making progress towards opening roads in Taiz and other governorates, to facilitate Yemenis’ freedom of movement within their country,” Dujarric said. Grundberg is also engaging the parties to strengthen and extend the truce and build on its momentum towards a sustainable political solution to the conflict.
