Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jassem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi, has welcomed the start of exchanging prisoners between the Yemeni government and Houthis in Yemen today.

Al-Budaiwi commended this agreement, which is the second largest prisoner exchange in Yemen, and an important humanitarian initiative during these holy days for the return of hundreds of prisoners and detainees to their families, praising the role of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, and the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross in sponsoring prisoner swap deals, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.

He said: “This agreement is a new light of hope that gives momentum to efforts to put the Yemeni crisis on the road to reach a solution, an encouraging step that supports peace for Yemen and its brotherly people through a permanent truce and a political solution that delineates stability in Yemen and the region in accordance with the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference and UN Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 2216 and 2624.”

The secretary-general also commended the sincere endeavors of the Saudi and Omani delegation in Sana to mediate between the two parties of the legitimate government of Yemen and the Houthis, which reflects the unaltered position of all countries of the GCC to end the Yemeni crisis through a comprehensive political solution, which enhances the peace process and paves the way towards reaching a national reconciliation and ending the war in Yemen.

Source: Bahrain News Agency