Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, Foreign\u00a0 Minister has welcomed the appointment by the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, of the Swedish Ambassador to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, as the UN Special Envoy\u00a0 to Yemen in succession to Martin Griffiths.<\/p>\n
Sayyid Badr expressed the Sultanate\u2019s desire to work with Hans Grundberg on such an important dossier and the Sultanate\u2019s determination to continue with the efforts aimed at finding a solution to the crisis in Yemen at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Minister valued the experience of\u00a0 Hans Grundberg and his knowledge of the affairs of Yemen and the region.<\/p>\n
Sayyd Badr said he hoped that the professional experience of the new UN Special Envoy to Yemen will contribute to the efforts to secure a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire\u00a0 involving all parties and to the efforts to ease the flow of humanitarian aid. He also hoped the involvement of the Special Envoy will contribute to a political process that will achieve the aspirations of the Yemeni people for security, stability, national unity and reconstruction.<\/p>\n