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Martin Griffith, the UN envoy to Yemen, warned on Friday of the danger of the collapse of the “Riyadh Agreement”, which was signed by the government of the resigned Hadi, with the so-called UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, after armed confrontations.
At the same time, he stressed that the United Nations will not abandon the provisions of the “Stockholm Agreement”, which the Hadi government signed with Ansar Allah, a year ago, and stumbled.
This came in statements by the UN envoy, along with the website of “United Nations News”, on the anniversary of the signing of the “Stockholm Agreement”.
“The United Nations will not abandon the (Stockholm) agreement,” Griffiths said.
The UN envoy added: “I think we got out of the Stockholm agreement with great hope, and it faded in many ways, but we also made some great achievements.”
He continued: “We must address the fundamental issues of sovereignty and legitimacy through an agreement to end the war.”
He said that “there is no possibility of achieving military progress … there is nothing that can be won on the battlefield, and there is a great victory, of course, that can be achieved on the negotiating field.”
In response to the failure of the “Riyadh Agreement”, he said: “I think it is a bit early to say that this agreement is not going well” as he put it.
He added: “Yesterday, while I was heading to New York, I contacted senior officials in the Saudi government about the possibilities of implementing the Riyadh agreement, which they brokered, and assured me that they are keen on that.”
He continued: “If the Riyadh agreement collapses, I think it will be a devastating blow to Yemen,” as he put it.
On Thursday, the resigned Yemeni President, Walfar, “Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi,” said, “The full implementation of the Riyadh agreement is the main entry point for the return of the state, the consolidation of its powers, and the promotion of national unity,” he said.
On the fifth of last November, the signing ceremony of the Riyadh agreement between the Hadi’s resigned government and the so-called transitional council supported by the UAE took place in Saudi Arabia.
The agreement faces stumbling in the implementation, amid accusations between the two parties.
Among the most prominent forms of faltering in implementation, the clause is the formation of a government of political efficiencies not exceeding 24 equal ministers between the southern and northern governorates, within a period not exceeding thirty days from the signing of the agreement, which was not done until today.
