Saudi Arabia welcomes appointment of new Yemen envoy

Saudi Arabia welcomes appointment of new Yemen envoy

Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg will replace Martin Griffiths as UN envoy

ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed the appointment of Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as the UN envoy to Yemen.

"I welcome the appointment of Hans Grundberg as UN Special Envoy for Yemen," Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said on Twitter.

The top diplomat said the kingdom “will continue to support all efforts to reach a political solution that helps bring peace and prosperity to Yemen."

Grundberg, a career diplomat and an expert in conflict resolution and negotiations, is the fourth to assume the post since the outbreak of the Yemeni conflict.

Moroccan Jamal Benomer was the first to take the post in 2012, then succeeded by Mauritanian Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in 2015 and British Martin Griffiths in 2018.

Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when the Houthi rebel group overran much of the country, including the capital, Sanaa. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.

* Ahmed Asmar contributed to this report from Ankara

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