Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council PLC, discussed with a European diplomatic delegation the ongoing regional and international efforts to renew the expired truce in the war-torn country on January 31, 2023. PHOTO AP ADEN, Yemen Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council PLC, discussed on Tuesday with a European diplomatic delegation the ongoing regional and international efforts to renew the expired truce in the war-torn country.
Al-Alimi met with Gabriel Vinales, the head of the European Union Mission to Yemen, and ambassadors from a number of EU countries in the southern port city of Aden, according to the state-run Saba news agency.
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It said that the meeting touched upon the latest developments in Yemen and regional and international efforts to achieve peace in the country.
Al-Alimi briefed the EU delegation on his government's efforts to re-build state institutions and improve livelihoods with the participation of all active Yemeni components. The EU MissionEU Mission to Yemen said that the EU reiterated their support for al-Alimi's commitment to peace, reforms and improving the economy during the meeting with the Yemeni leader.
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Several regions in Yemen have witnessed sporadic armed confrontations between the local warring factions after a cease-fire brokered by the United Nations in October last year.
Yemen has been in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia stormed several northern cities and forced the Yemeni government out of Sanaa.