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Ould Cheikh calls for international pressure on Hadi to lift the wage freeze

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) held a high-level meeting on Yemen on Friday, in which Sweden and the Netherlands, together with the Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh.

At the meeting, the envoy Ould Cheikh Kalima, the reporter received a picture of her, and it was noteworthy that he revealed that the government of Hadi Freezes salaries of employees in Yemen, calling on the community to pressure them to lift the freeze.

He called on the international community to lift “pressure on the government at the level of lifting the freeze on salaries for staff as well as the opening of the international airport for Sanaa and the resumption of the work of some government institutions.”

Ould Cheikh also said that the international community is interested in pushing the parties in Yemen “to take some concrete measures that can lead to the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all those in need.” There are measures to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid and commercial goods through the port of Hodeidah.

“I take this opportunity to renew my appeal to all parties to put collective interests and rescue the civilians in Yemen and the reasons that have confirmed that the military solution is not the solution and not possible,” he said.