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UN Security Council welcomes Yemen truce extension, urges Houthis to reopen Taiz Road
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NEW YORK, 04 June 2022, (TON): The UN Security Council welcomed the extension of the truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, which was agreed a day earlier.
Council members expressed concern about grave humanitarian effects of ongoing road closures around Taiz and called on the Iran-backed militia “to act with flexibility in negotiations and immediately open the main roads.”
Taiz governorate has been under siege since 2015, when the Houthis closed main routes and encircled the city center, largely cutting it off from the rest of the country.
It remains under siege deespite this week’s extension of a truce between the militia and government forces.
The council members reiterated their appreciation of the steps taken by all sides to uphold the truce, which began on April 2 and has now been extended for another two months.
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