EU warns Yemen's transition in jeopardy

The European Union (EU) Friday warned that unfolding political and security developments in Yemen "is putting the remarkable promises of the Yemeni transition in jeopardy." Thursday night's resignation of the President of Yemen as well as the Yemeni Prime Minister and his Cabinet, coupled with the violence that "we have witnessed in Sana'a and in several provinces of Yemen, including in Mareb, is putting the remarkable promises of the Yemeni transition in jeopardy," the EU warned in a statement.
"The EU considers that the implementation of the roadmap provided by the Peace and National Partnership Agreement and the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative on which Prime Minister (Khaled) Bahah's government's solid programme to address Yemen's urgent fiscal, economic and institutional challenges was based, should remain a reference for the transition," said EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in a statement.
The Houthi "Ansar Allah and its allies must now take clear public responsibility for their actions. This should start with the release of Dr Ahmad bin Mubarak and a clear rejection of violence as a political tool. The Yemeni people deserve democratic and unitary institutions responding to their legitimate aspirations," she said.
The EU stands by the Yemeni people at this critical juncture, added the EU foreign policy chief.
Source: KUNA