Lowcock thanks Saudi Arabia for its humanitarian efforts in Yemen‏

The Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock thanked Saudi Arabia for supporting UN efforts to address the humanitarian situation in Yemen on Thursday.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths also spoke at the UN Security Council meeting and  thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his efforts in supporting the Yemen peace talks, Arab News reported.

Griffiths added that the UN team's efforts in Hodeidah has also helped reduce violence.

Meanwhile, Kuwait's permanent representative at the UN ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi said that his country was ready to host a new round of negotiations between Yemeni sides.

Kuwait previously hosted talks on Yemen in 2016 but they broke down after the Houthis rejected a UN proposal aimed at ending the war in the country.   

Yemen has been in war after Houthi militias ousted the internationally recognized government in Sanaa in late 2014. The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 against the Houthis.