WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart on Thursday urged the warring parties in Yemen to honor the ceasefire agreement reached in Stockholm last year, the State Department said.
According to a statement after the meeting between Pompeo and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the two diplomats "agreed that the warring parties in Yemen must honor commitments they made in Sweden."
The two also discussed various regional issues, including the importance of stability in Libya and Sudan, it added.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi rebels overtook the capital Sanaa and ousted the government of President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. A Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthis since 2015.
Last December, parties to the conflict accepted a plan for the redeployment of forces under a ceasefire deal that offered the best hope in years of moving toward an end of the war.
