Tuesday 30 / April / 2024
Muscat: John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, met Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday and thanked the Sultanate for charting a way forward on Yemen, including the urgent need for a ceasefire and implementing a roadmap.
“Worked with Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, UN, UK to chart a way forward on Yemen, including urgent need for ceasefire and implementing roadmap,” Kerry posted on his official twitter handle.
Kerry was in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss US-Saudi ties and Yemen issues.
In a statement released, Kerry thanked Alawi, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, his counterpart from United Kingdom and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed from the UAE, for moving forward with a plan to stop the fighting and to negotiate a political settlement.
Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also posted pictures of the meeting on its official twitter account stating that discussions were held to resolve the Yemen crisis.
Oman is providing humanitarian support to Yemen.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber killed at least 49 soldiers who had gathered to receive their monthly pay in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday.
