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Germany welcomes appointing new envoy to Yemen

[20/02/2018 11:00]

BERLIN-SABA
Federal Republic of Germany has welcomed the appointment of the British national Marten Griffith as a UN' s envoy to Yemen to replace Isma'il Ould Sheikh Ahmed whose tenure has expired now.

The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed in a statement issued Tuesday that the government of Germany supports political solutions in Yemen and it supports the newly appointed UN's envoy to Yemen Mr Marten Griffith so as to be capable of doing his job very well; expressing its appreciation of the good offices made by Ould Sheikh to help getting the conflict in Yemen resolved.

The German Foreign Ministry has urged the newly appointed UN envoy to push the peace process forward in Yemen and help alleviating the civilians' torment.