Iran Press/America: Antonio Guterres said the truce opens the door to addressing Yemen's urgent humanitarian and economic needs and creates an opportunity to restart Yemen's political process.
"This truce must be the first step to ending Yemen's devastating war," said Guterres.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg has just announced the breakthrough in Amman, Jordan.
Grundberg said the parties have agreed to halt all offensive military air, ground, and maritime operations inside Yemen and across its borders. They have also agreed for fuel ships to enter Hodeidah ports and commercial flights to operate in and out of Sanaa airport to pre-determined destinations in the region.
Grundberg said the parties have further agreed to meet under his auspices to open roads in Taiz and other governorates in Yemen.
The truce can be extended beyond the two months with the parties' consent, said Grundberg.
Guterres commended the Yemeni government, the Saudi-led coalition, for the agreement and urged all parties to make the necessary arrangements to support the successful implementation of the truce.
Saudi Arabia, with the support of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and several other countries, has launched a military invasion of Yemen since March 2015.
The outbreak of war by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen has so far killed and injured hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and displaced 4 million.
Since then, the invaders have committed horrible war crimes against Yemeni civilians.
Iran has been calling for an end to the Saudi-led war on Yemen. In April 2015, Iran presented a four-point plan to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Based, in which Tehran proposed a ceasefire, ending the blockade on Yemen, providing humanitarian aid to the people, and establishing an inclusive national unity government.
Iran welcomed the two-month ceasefire agreement, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed hope that the move would be the beginning of a complete lifting of the blockade and a permanent ceasefire and a political solution to the Yemeni crisis.
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