During a two-day visit to Washington on October 17 and 18, the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, discussed with senior American officials the latest developments in Yemen and ways to strengthen a comprehensive political process led by the United Nations and owned by the Yemenis, amid the regional military escalation that undermines the chances of peace. .

During the discussions, Grundberg stressed the need to maintain the progress achieved by the parties through their commitments to reach a comprehensive nationwide ceasefire, improve living conditions in Yemen, and resume political negotiations, and stressed the importance of unified and continued regional and international support to help the parties Completing the UN road map and building on those commitments.

The arbitrary arrests carried out by Ansar Allah against dozens of United Nations employees, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and diplomatic missions, and the referral of many of them to “criminal prosecutions”, were also discussed.

The UN envoy renewed his call for their immediate and unconditional release, and reviewed the continuing efforts made by the United Nations to achieve this goal.

The UN envoy, Hans Grundberg, met in Washington with the Director of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, the US Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, John Bass, the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the US Vice President, Phil Gordon, and the National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. Brett McGurk, the US Special Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle Eastern Affairs, Daniel P. Shapiro, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs, Brian Grimm.