EU ambassador to Yemen Hans Grundberg, 2nd left, and French ambassador to Yemen Christian Testot, 3rd left, visit Hodeida. (Getty Images)
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The choice of Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as the new UN special envoy to Yemen bodes well for the organization’s efforts. He is the fourth UN special envoy to Yemen and the one with the most experience in the country and the Gulf region. As EU ambassador to Yemen since 2019, Grundberg succeeded in building a consensus within the European bloc, aligning it with the global consensus.
Grundberg is a career diplomat and Sweden’s point man on the Gulf region and conflict resolution. During Sweden’s EU presidency in 2009, he chaired the Middle East and Gulf working group at the European Council in Brussels. He subsequently headed the Gulf Division at the Swedish Foreign Ministry, before becoming the EU ambassador to Yemen in September 2019. As EU ambassador, Grundberg made considerable efforts to bring peace to the country, stressi
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