The Kingdom's hosting of this conference came in a historic and decisive stage, which has gained great importance of attracting various components and strata of the Yemeni people who met in this place, bringing with them the hopes of the people of Yemen in rapprochement and reconciliation to build the modern State, strengthen the foundations of peace and dialogue, and achieve security and stability in brotherly Yemen. Dear brothers and sisters, the Kingdom and the Coalition's States have immediately responded to a request by the legitimate Yemeni government represented in His Excellency President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to save Yemen and protect its people and legitimacy according to the principle of self-defense to protect the gains of the Yemeni people and their achievements included in the GCC's initiative and its executive mechanism as well as the outputs of the comprehensive national dialogue supported by Security Council's Resolution No. 2216, the matter which comes in the context of our commitment and interest in Yemen, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the preservation of its Arabism and independence in order not to be a source of threat and destabilization in the region and a hotbed of terrorist organizations. --More 15:59 LOCAL TIME 12:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w