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Supporters of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri block a road link to Beirut international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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his aerial picture, taken on March 22, 2021 shows a wind farm at sunset in Monterfil, western France. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)
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Visitors wearing protective face masks take photos of blooming cherry blossoms amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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UN envoy to Yemen welcomes Riyadh Agreement implementation GCC, Arab Parliament laud formation of new Yemeni government December 19, 2020
UN Secretary General s Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has welcomed the Riyadh Agreement development.
WASHINGTON/RIYADH UN Secretary General s Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has welcomed the Riyadh Agreement development, including the formation of the new government.
In statement, Griffiths congratulated the Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, all parties, and political components that supported this process, expressing his congratulations to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is an important step to enhance stability, improve state institutions and it is also a pivotal step towards a lasting political solution to the conflict in Yemen, he said.
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The Arab Parliament meets in Cairo on Saturday. (Arab League) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat
The challenges facing the region are unprecedented, especially on the security and strategic levels, said Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Regional neighbors have been adopting various policies and engaging in practices that harm the national security of all Arab states, he stressed a speech before the Arab Parliament on Saturday.
“There is no doubt that the deep and rapid changes taking place in the region demand vigilance and firm positions and stances,” he added.
“Periods of change and transition are often the most difficult and dangerous on the lives of peoples and nations,” he noted, while stressed that the Palestinian cause and right of Palestinians to an independent state, according to the 1967 borders and whose capital is East Jerusalem, are at the top of Arab prio