This June 20, 2021 photo shows a Yemeni fighter backed by the Saudi-led coalition fires his weapon during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara frontline near Marib, Yemen. Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Jan 31, 2023 discuss with a European diplomatic delegation the ongoing regional and international efforts to renew the expired truce in the war-torn country. (PHOTO / AP)
ADEN, Yemen – Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), on Tuesday discussed with a European diplomatic delegation the ongoing regional and international efforts to renew the expired truce in the war-torn country.
Al-Alimi met in the southern port city Aden with Gabriel Vinales, the chief of the European Union Mission to Yemen, and ambassadors of a number of EU countries, the state-run Saba news agency reported.
The EU Mission to Yemen said in a statement that the EU reiterated their strong support for al-Alimi's commitment to peace, reforms and improving the economy during the meeting with the Yemeni leader
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It said that "the meeting touched upon the latest developments in Yemen and regional and international efforts" to achieve peace in the country.
Al-Alimi briefed the EU delegation on his government's efforts regarding "re-building state institutions and improving livelihoods with the participation of all active Yemeni components."
The EU Mission to Yemen said in a statement that the EU reiterated their strong support for al-Alimi's commitment to peace, reforms and improving the economy during the meeting with the Yemeni leader.
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Various regions in Yemen have witnessed sporadic armed confrontations between the local warring factions after a cease-fire brokered by the United Nations expired in October last year.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia stormed several northern cities and forced the Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.