Al-Jaadi gets briefed by regional representative of the Norwegian Center for Conflicts Resolution on its activities and efforts to resolve conflicts

The Deputy Secretary-General of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, Mr. Fadl Mohammed Al-Jaadi, received on Tuesday, in the capital, Aden, with Mr. Omar Salim Aboud, the regional representative for the Middle East and North Africa of the Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Lotfi Shatara, member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly, in which Al-Jaadi welcomed the regional representative of the Norwegian Center, providing an explanation of the stages that the South has gone through since the start of the southern peaceful movement, noting that the South made many sacrifices and bloodshed in the path of its cause, which the Southern Transitional Council bears upon itself as the legitimate representative of Southerners, stressing that the Council is committed to the cause of its people, who seek to achieve their goals and aspirations, foremost of which is restoring their state with full sovereignty and will not abandon it.

Al-Jaadi indicated that the Southern Transitional Council pays great attention to the work of international organizations in the South, and is keen to facilitate their peaceful and humanitarian work, praising the role of international centers and institutions and all parties that seek to resolve conflicts and resolve differences between the parties, and those that are making efforts to establish peace.

Al-Jaadi got briefed on the activities of the Norwegian Center for Conflicts Resolution, and the role that the center plays in communicating with parties related to crises, and its efforts to coordinate to overcome differences.

The two sides reviewed possible means of coordination between the Southern Transitional Council and the Norwegian Center, and possible ways to work on building a bridge of communication that would enhance efforts to resolve conflicts and disputes to reach a complete, comprehensive and just peace.

The two parties discussed the political, economic, and humanitarian developments in the South, developments in implementing the Riyadh Agreement and the importance of implementing all its provisions, including its economic, they also discussed the suffering of southerners as a result of the war and its consequences, and the economic crisis that burdened the citizens, and the Council’s efforts to normalize life, and its positive initiatives aimed at ending disputes and resolving crises by peaceful means.

For his part, the regional representative for the Middle East and North Africa of the Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution expressed thanks to the Deputy Secretary-General for the good reception, noting that the center seeks to resolve differences between the conflicting parties by bringing together views and ideas, and coordinating meetings and doing everything possible to reach peace which is one of the priorities of the center's tasks and objectives, praising the role played by the Southern Transitional Council in this regard in the current crisis in the country.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Fadl Al-Jaadi presented the regional representative of the Norwegian Center with a historical documentary book issued by the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council, entitled: “The Postal Stamps of the South, Identity of a Nation”, which includes the stamps of the South from 1839 to 1990.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Basem Mansour, head of the media information department in the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, member of the National Southern Media Authority, and Eng. Mohammed Al-Abadi, deputy head of the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Council.