国际英语资讯:UN monitor team chief of Yemen cease-fire visits Hodeidah port, frontlines_时事

国际英语资讯:UN monitor team chief of Yemen cease-fire visits Hodeidah port, frontlines

Hodeidah port is the key lifeline and entrance of the majority of food imports and humanitarian aid to the impoverished, war-torn Arab country.

Cammaert arrived in Hodeidah a day earlier, after he visited the government-held southern Aden city and the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in the north.

On Friday, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2451, a Britain-led resolution to bolster the UN-sponsored Yemeni peace process.

The cease-fire covering Hodeidah and the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa entered into force at midnight (2100 GMT) on Monday.

It came as the first confidence-rebuilding measure agreed by the Houthi rebels and the government in the Stockholm-based peace talks two weeks ago.

According to the truce deal, the withdrawal from the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa and critical parts of the city associated with the humanitarian facilities should be completed within two weeks after the cease-fire enters into force, while the full withdrawal should be completed within a maximum period of 21 days.

However, both rival forces have blamed each other for violations of the cease-fire since it came into force.

Saudi Arabia has been leading an Arab military coalition in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi militia since March 2017, in order to reinstate the exiled government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.