WASHINGTON — The United States and United Nations strongly welcomed a Yemen cessation of hostilities that went into effect early April 11, and urged all the warring parties to find a political resolution to the year-old conflict at UN-brokered peace talks set to start in Kuwait on April 18.
“We encourage all parties to attend [the peace talks in Kuwait] and engage in good faith to find a sustainable way forward,” State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner told journalists at a press briefing April 11. “The only way forward is a political one.”