Oman seeks peaceful settlement in Yemen





Oman seeks peaceful settlement in Yemen

29th, March 2015

SHARM EL SHEIKH: Arab leaders, gathering for an annual Arab League summit, acknowledged on Saturday that mounting turmoil and radicalism in the region pose a serious threat to their countries’ stability. His Highness Sayyid Asaad bin Tareq al Said, Representative of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, led the Sultanate’s delegation to the summit. At the summit, HH Sayyid Asaad said the Sultanate is backing to a peaceful solution to the Yemeni crisis. “The Sultanate supports the peaceful ways for solving the crisis in Yemen. We back dialogue rather than war and I think that we are going to overcome the challenges but we need to a unified Arab stance” HH Sayyid Asaad expressed his hope that Arabs will show wisdom and come out of the current crisis noting that there are many problems in the world and they need time to be solved and not in one meeting.“ We hope that this meeting arrive at wise far-reaching visions and we have noticed that the Arab leaders are determined to reach a unified stance.”

In opening remarks at the conference, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al Sissi said the spread of violent militancy threatens Arab countries with fragmentation.

“This challenge to the identity of the Arab nation brings along another challenge bearing on this nation’s direct security,” he told the gathering that started on Saturday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el Sheikh.

Al Sissi, an ex-military general, renewed his suggestion for creating a pan-Arab military force to tackle militancy in the region.

The gathering comes two days after Saudi Arabia and fellow Arab countries, including Egypt, unleashed an air campaign in Yemen targeting Houthis. Saudi King Salman vowed to press ahead with the bombing campaign until stability and security are restored to the impoverished country, which borders Saudi Arabia.

His vow to continue the military action was welcomed by Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi, who has been locked in a power struggle with the Houthis in recent months. Later on Saturday, Hadi left along with King Salman for Saudi Arabia amid reports that the Yemeni leader will not return to Yemen soon.




 














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