Qatar Aspires To Extend Two-Month Truce In Yemen To A Permanent Ceasefire

QNA Doha Qatar is looking forward that the two-month truce agreed between the parties to the conflict in Yemen, which began on Saturday on the first day of...

QNADohaQatar is looking forward that the two-month truce agreed between the parties to the conflict in Yemen, which began on Saturday on the first day of Ramadan, would pave the way for a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Yemen, and the involvement of all actors in the Yemeni scene, with the support of the international community, in the comprehensive political track and national reconciliation, in order to achieve the aspirations of the Yemeni people for security, stability and prosperity.Qatar is always keen to provide full and continuous support to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, help the brotherly people of Yemen to overcome the difficult circumstances that burden them, and support all international efforts aimed at advancing the solution through dialogue and achieving sustainable peace and development and improving the humanitarian situation in Yemen, in line with its policy to mitigate the effects of humanitarian crises.This concern stems from its firm stance calling for a solution to the Yemeni crisis based on the Gulf initiative and relevant Security Council resolutions, especially Resolution No. 2216.Qatar has also been keen to provide humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people, including the priority sectors for food security, health and capacity building. Qatari humanitarian aid to brotherly Yemen has not stopped.The directive of His Highness the Amir of Stat of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in July 2021 to allocate $100 million in support of the World Food Program in Yemen of the United Nations to support food security and stave off famine there, crowned this pioneering Qatari humanitarian presence in Yemen, Qatar’s support for Yemen reflects the extent of the close, historical, and strategic relationship between the two countries. The total aid provided by Qatar to Yemen from 2013 to 2020 amounted to approximately $195 million.In order to meet the food security needs in Yemen, in November 2021, the Qatar Fund for Development signed an agreement with the World Food Program to provide a financial contribution of $90 million to help meet urgent food security needs in Yemen, and averting the threat of famine, in addition to providing logistical support through the Humanitarian Air Service, to transport volunteers and staff to and from and within Yemen.The Qatar Fund for Development is also working with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support the water and sanitation sector in Yemen, which in turn will contribute to rehabilitating water networks, improving access to healthy drinking water, and limiting the spread of diseases through contaminated water.In December 2020, the Qatar Fund for Development also signed an agreement in the health sector with the United Nations Population Fund, worth USD 5 million, to provide comprehensive health services to the most affected groups in 10 health facilities in Yemen, in addition to referring complex medical cases to Khalifa Hospital in the governorate of Taiz.Sensing its responsibility and obligations, Qatar made an in-kind donation of seven tonnes of medical aid to Yemen through the World Health Organization in 2020, as part of efforts to respond to the repercussions of the Corona virus pandemic. Qatar has a prominent role in meeting Yemen’s urgent needs in many sectors, the most prominent of which is the work of the Qatari Red Crescent, which recently launched a project to treat unable patients in Yemen, benefiting 1,043 patients. The Qatar Red Crescent provides this project by covering the costs of radiotherapy sessions for cancer patients, providing medicines and medical supplies for burns and scars patients, and providing dialysis medicines and medicines for kidney transplanters, at a cost of about half a million dollars.In parallel, at the headquarters of the Fund for the Care and Rehabilitation of the Disabled in Sana’a, with the support of the Qatar Red Crescent, work was launched on a project to support patients in Yemen, by providing compression garments and medicines for 290 cases of severe burns.The Qatar Red Crescent also launched the “shelter” project in the governorates of Hodeidah and Raymah in Yemen, to provide adequate and safe shelter for 280 families of the most vulnerable displaced or returnees from displacement, over a period of 3 months, at a total cost of about half a million dollars.Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf HE Dr Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf affirmed that Yemeni-Yemeni consultations under the auspices of the Council will be held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh from March 29 to April 7, with the aim of uniting the ranks among the Yemeni brothers, and in support of Yemeni legitimacy strengthening state institutions.These consultations come within the councils ongoing efforts aimed at ending the crisis in Yemen and bringing it to a stage of peace and national reconciliation, which meets the aspirations of Yemenis, in addition to restoring stability and ensuring decent living conditions for the Yemeni people.The efforts of the international community constituted international support to end the conflict in Yemen through Security Council resolutions and support everything that would achieve security and stability, this constitutes a historic opportunity that must be seized and built upon to preserve the Yemeni file as a priority that receives attention and follow-up from the international community until the war ends and the battle of construction and reconstruction begins.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the truce should be a first step to end the war in Yemen, urging the parties to the conflict to build on this opportunity to resume a full Yemeni political process that includes all.There remains hope for the success of the truce there remains also hope for extending this truce so that it will always be peace. Just as Qatar welcomed the announcement of the United Nations that the parties to the conflict in Yemen agreed to a truce for two months, it is certain that its endeavors during the next stage will be to consolidate that truce and work with all concerned parties to extend it to be lasting peace, and a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire. The Qatari position on brotherly countries has always been consistent, and the same is true of brotherly Yemen. Qatar considers this step a motive for all parties in the Yemeni cause towards a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, and the involvement of all in the comprehensive political track and national reconciliation, in order to achieve the aspirations of the brotherly Yemeni people for security, stability and prosperity, Qatar believes that there is no way to solve crises around the world except through dialogue based on the Gulf initiative and relevant Security Council resolutions.Qatar is keen to end the suffering of the Yemeni people, out of its belief in the right of Yemenis to live in security and peace. The Qatari position on brotherly Yemen has remained firm and stems from the ties of brotherhood, religion, and common history.