(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The EU Sunday welcomed the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as UN Special Envoy to Yemen and pledged to support him.
"The EU stands ready to support him immediately in his efforts to reach an expeditious cessation of violence and to create the conditions for the resumption of inclusive political negotiations amongst Yemeni parties to provide a sustainable settlement to the current crisis," said Catherine Ray, spokesperson for EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in a statement.
"The EU considers that only a broad political consensus achieved through inclusive negotiations can provide a sustainable solution, restore peace, and preserve the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Yemen," she added.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named the Mauritanian diplomat on Saturday as his envoy to Yemen. He replaces Jamal Benomar, a Moroccan diplomat who resigned from his post recently.
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