Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a joint news conference following talks with Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots Abroad Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak (Sochi, May 26, 2021)
We met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots Abroad of the Yemen Republic Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak who is on a working visit in the Russian Federation. We discussed in detail the military-political and humanitarian developments in Yemen in the past few years and reviewed some aspects of bilateral relations.
We focused on the need to stop the war and any hostilities in this friendly country. We emphasized that all participants in the conflict must give up attempts to resolve past and ongoing problems by force. We reaffirmed our desire to continue international mediation with the central, leading role of the United Nations.
