Iran Press/ America: The members of the United Nations Security Council joined Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' call on the warring parties in Yemen to immediately cease fighting in order to focus on finding a political solution amid battling the novel coronavirus pandemic, Dominican Republic's Special Envoy to the Security Council and its President for April Jose Singer Weisinger said in a statement on Friday 17 April.
According to the UN statement, the Security Council discussed the situation in Yemen in open and closed consultations on Thursday 16 April.
"The members of the Security Council endorsed the secretary-general's call of 25 March for those fighting in Yemen to immediately cease hostilities, focus on reaching a negotiated political settlement, and to do everything possible to counter an outbreak of COVID-19, and voiced concerns about the ongoing hostilities," Singer said.
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