Marib Governor receives UN special envoy, discusses the humanitarian situation in the governorate

The Governor of Marib ,Major General Sultan Al-Arada, received ,on Saturday, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, discussing the latest developments in Yemen, the chances of the peace process and the humanitarian situation in the province.

During the meeting attended by the government team headed by the Minister of Local Administration Abdel-Raqeeb Fath, the governor stated the Yemeni people are peace-loving, desperately looking forward to establish a genuine and sustainble peace based on the three terms of locally and internationally recognized reference; the GCC initiative ,the outcomes of the national dialogue and the UN resolution no 2216.

The governor has made it clear that it is hard to reach peace with a militia its decision held a hostage by the Iranian regime's expansion and spoiler scheme in the region. "We are working under a legitimate government and constitutional umbrella, we want peace, well-aware that no security, nor development without peace, but peace in light of a militia, is not peace, it is a false peace", he said.

The governor added " We need a secure state that can be active member in the international community, but this is can only be realized by reinstating the Yemeni state and its legal authority".

For his part, Mr Griffiths in a breif statement to the reporters following the meeting said", Yemen is at a critical juncture; it will either silence the guns and resume the political process, or it will slip back into a large-scale conflict and suffering". He added that Marib has been a heaven for hundreds of thousands of displaced Yemenis.

" It is an island of relative stability and calm amid the insanity of the war. Thousands of families arrived here fleeing fighting in al-Jawf". The UN's envoy affirmed that solution in Yemen can't be acheived militarly, but peacefully by a political settlement.