Yemeni presidential advisor and former Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr revealed that consensus was found between the internationally-backed government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on the imminent implementation of items in the “Riyadh Agreement.”

Daghr’s statement was made following a Riyadh meeting with British diplomat Michel Aron, who is serving as ambassador to Yemen.

Official Yemeni sources said the British ambassador, for his part, reaffirmed his country's support for Yemen’s unity, security, and stability, and praised the political efforts made by the government headed by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to successfully implement the Riyadh Agreement.

Aron also stressed that his country supports the joint efforts of Saudi Arabia and other parties to the Riyadh agreement. He said achieving stability in Aden is a matter of international concern.

Presidential advisor Daghr, for his part, confirmed that “many military, security, and political steps have been agreed upon, and will be implemented in conjunction with the appointment of a governor and a director of security in Aden during the coming period.”

Daghr clarified that President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi is keen on making the Riyadh Agreement successful in a manner that serves the achievement of security and stability in the liberated provinces, preserves the unity of Yemen, ends internal conflicts, and directs the battle towards the true enemy, which is coupist militias.

Daghr added that implementing Riyadh Agreement provisions ends all military conflict inside Aden and surrounding provinces. He also praised the role played by President Hadi and Saudi leadership in supporting and nurturing of the Riyadh Agreement.

On another note, Daghr called on Houthi coupists to return to negotiations, end their Iranian agenda loyalties, and adhere to the republic and the federal state.

He said that these conditions bring about peace for the war-torn country quicker.