UN General Secretary urges ceasefire in Yemen for the first time
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (Photo: Reuters)
(VOVworld)- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Yemen. It's the first time he has made such an appeal since Saudi-led air strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels began three weeks ago.
Ban said that Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle-East, had been in crisis even before the recent conflict, and its food security level was lower than the poorest countries in Africa. He added that Saudi Arabia had agreed on a political process as a solution for the Yemeni crisis. The United Nations called on Yemenis to participate in the process.