Swedish foreign minister reveals the solution to end Yemen's war‏

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Swedish foreign minister
Swedish foreign minister

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom revealed to Arab News that she has new ideas for ways to solve the war in Yemen. 

“I think we have come up with some new ideas. We have shared some of our impressions and we have been talking to different actors, and so I think we will be even tougher in stopping the war. We have to protect children who are dying, and stop the immense suffering that is taking place,” Wallstrom said.

“We have to make sure that there are discussions on what is happening, to continue the implementation of agreements, and to work with all actors. We have to stop this war. We have to ease the suffering of those that need humanitarian help,” Wallstrom said according to Arab News.

“That is why I am here to see what can be done. I am realistic. The only thing that remains for us is hope, and we keep that hope alive,” Wallstrom added.

Wallstrom is on a tour of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Oman, and hopes to speak to all actors in the Yemeni conflict.

Wallstrom played a role in drawing up the 2018 Stockholm agreement, the deal based around the port city of Hodeidah which, it had been hoped, would secure a ceasefire between Arab coalition-backed Yemeni forces and Houthi rebel militias in the area