UAE leaders greet soldiers

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is calling for an urgent halt to the war in Yemen and the start of peace talks.

Reem Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, visited on Tuesday the UAE Armed Forces in Aden.

The UAE Minister conveyed to the troops the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin

Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID Al Maktoum, THE VICE PRESIDENT, PRIME Minister of THE UAE AND Ruler of DUBAI, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed BIN ZAYED Al NAHYAN, Crown PRINCE of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of THE UAE ARMED Forces, and their appreciation for the role they ARE playing. SECRETARY of STATE MIKE Pompeo asked all parties to support UN SPECIAL Envoy Martin Grifiths In what Pompeo says must BE “substantive Consultations” In November In A THIRD Country. SWEDEN’S FOREIGN minister says Grifiths HAS ASKED SWEDEN to Host such talks.

Defence Secretary Jim Mattis CALLED For A ceasefire within 30 Days.

Moreover, a European Parliament delegation praised the humanitarian and development initiatives of the UAE In YEMEN WHILE stressing that THE Emirates RED Crescent, ERC, Is one of THE most effective AND Influential organisations In the region.

THE remarks were made when Dr Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-general of the Erc, received Michele Alliot-marie, Chairperson of the Arab Peninsula Committee of the European Parliament, and HER DELEGATION, At THE Headquarters of THE ERC.

Dr Al FALAHI HIGHLIGHTED THE EFFECTIVENESS of THE ERC’S rescue programmes and development projects In YEMEN.