UAE- People of Yemen are in desperate need of peace: paper
Date
5/16/2016 2:07:23 AM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ABU DHABI, 16th May, 2016 (WAM) -- A UAE newspaper has said that the people of Yemen desperately need an end to the misery of their long civil war.
"The Saudi-led Arab coalition that is fighting in support of the legitimate government has played an essential role in getting the parties to the negotiating table, and even if the slow progress of the peace talks in Kuwait may be deeply frustrating, they may also indicate that parties have finally got down to discussing real details of how to implement any future accord," said the Gulf News in an editorial on Monday.
It is encouraging that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir has been so clear that Al Houthis are part of the solution. "Whether we agree or disagree with them, Al Houthis are part of the social fabric of Yemen," he said, spelling out the readiness of the Saudis to support a deal when it happens.
But the international coalition will have to continue to reinforce the Yemeni state. This is why Al Jubeir continued his comment by saying that "Al Qaida and Daesh are terrorist entities that must be confronted in Yemen and everywhere else".
The UAE Armed Forces have played a leading part in the coalition's mission, and they are now deployed in fighting Al Qaida along with others as they work to support Yemeni forces in making sure that all Yemeni territories are freed of Al Qaida.
The current action is in the Hadramaut port of Al Mukalla, which the allies have retaken.
"This means that Al Qaida has lost an important source of revenue through oil and weapons smuggling, and the economy of Hadramaut can start to recover from the chaos of war," concluded the Dubai-based daily.
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