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Swedish FM: Yemen Consultations are the First Step on the Long Road to Peace

Swedish FM: Yemen Consultations are the First Step on the Long Road to Peace
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Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Elisabeth Wallstrom, hoped that the consultations can give a new hope for the Yemeni people and a success for the UN and expressed readiness to bring the outcome of the consultations to the Security Council, adding that these consultations are the first step on the long road to peace in Yemen.

Wallstrom told journalists in a press conference on Thursday that the consultations' outcome will be presented in a press conference later in the day with the details.

"We have been happy to host these consultations in Sweden and to be a facilitator for the UN-Led consultations" she said, addinh "we started with no expectations but high ambitions and I think to that we added some hope."

She noted that "these discussions have taken place in a positive spirit and in good faith."

She highlighted that "it takes concessions, compromises, and some courage for these discussions and to get good results at the end."

Wallstrom stressed the suffering in Yemen and noted "suffer in Yemen, from the loss of lives and livelihood and the starvation that is what we have to keep in mind when we go from here."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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