Foreign Secretary welcomes President Hadi鈥檚 inauguration
Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the inauguration of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in Yemen, the first change of Head of State in over 33 years.
Speaking earlier today, the Foreign Secretary said:
鈥淚 welcome the inauguration of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi following last week鈥檚 successful interim presidential election in Yemen.
鈥淭his election, a constitutional requirement and key milestone in Yemen鈥檚 transition, represents the first change of Head of State in over 33 years. It offers the chance for the Yemeni government to forge new trust and cooperation between the state and the people of Yemen. It is my hope that President Hadi and the National Unity Government will rapidly establish a Conference of National Dialogue and take early security and economic measures to win the confidence of the Yemeni people. National dialogue, built on the principles of political inclusion and reconciliation, is vital to peace, stability and re-integration in Yemen.
鈥溁使谔逵齛ppre are those who seek to derail transition and choose violence over dialogue, as we have recently seen in Aden and Al-Mukalla in the south of Yemen. I urge all sides to peacefully embrace transition and take a place in the new political landscape. 皇冠体育app United Kingdom and other countries are now looking to convene an early Friends of Yemen meeting to support Yemen in taking forward ways reform and create opportunities for all its people, through transition and beyond.鈥�