A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council (STC), included Mr. Amr Al-Bidh, Special Representative of the President of the Transitional Council for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Mohammed Al-Ghaithi, Head of the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs, and Anis Al-Sharafi, Head of the Political Affairs and Planning section of the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs, met on Monday, with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and his deputy, Moeen Shreim, and the special work team of the Special Envoy, among the consultations that the envoy is conducting with the political parties in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to prepare a general framework for the negotiations of the comprehensive political process.
In the meeting, they discussed the priorities of the political process, in which the delegation of the Southern Transitional Council stressed the need to develop a special framework to address the issue of the state of the South within the negotiations of the comprehensive political process sponsored by the United Nations, and the importance of starting consultations without any preconditions, as indicated by the last resolution of UN Security Council no.2624.
The delegation stressed that the economic and humanitarian situation is a priority that requires serious treatments, and the concerted efforts of all local, regional and international efforts to get out of the current economic crisis, and the effects of which the citizens are being suffered of in all parts of the South and Yemen alike.
The consultations dealt with a number of urgent issues, during which the delegation discussed ways to solve these issues in a way that embodies the reality of the demands of the people of the South, and their national cause and political future.
