Qatar Participates in OIC Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Yemen


(MENAFN- QNA) HE Foreign Minister's Assistant for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi took part in the extraordinary meeting for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states' foreign ministers on the situation in Yemen at the OIC headquarters.

   The State of Qatar reiterated, during the ministerial meeting, its continued support for the constitutional legitimacy of Yemen represented in President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his tireless efforts to achieve national unity. It also stressed on the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Yemen, and its support to the brotherly people of Yemen.

   Qatar expressed its support for humanitarian efforts made by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, calling for the adoption of the Gulf initiative and its implementation mechanisms as well as the outputs of the national dialogue and Riyadh document as a basis to resolve the Yemeni crisis.

   The State of Qatar called for the need to comply with Security Council resolutions on Yemen, in particular Resolution (2216) which called for the withdrawal of Houthi militias and supporters from all cities and provinces of Yemen, the evacuation of government and security institutions, putting an end to any action that would undermine peace, security and stability in Yemen, and the restoration of the status quo ante to the situation existing prior to September 2014.

   The State of Qatar looked forward to a positive outcome from the Geneva conference so as to contribute to restoring security and stability to Yemen, and affirmed it would continue delivering humanitarian assistance to Yemenis.


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