Cairo, Mar. 01, 2022, SPA – Egypt welcomed the UN Security Council resolution regarding Yemen and its contents that condemn the cross-border attacks perpetrated by the Houthi militia against civilians and civil infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and calling on halting these assaults immediately. Spokesperson of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Ahmed Hafez, in a statement today, also referred to Egypt’s welcome of extending measures and sanctions imposed under relevant Security Council resolutions on Yemen and expanding the arms embargo on delivering weapons to Yemen, as well as denouncing attacks against civil and commercial ships and seizing some of them off the shores of Yemen. Hafez also expressed hope for the resolution to contribute to halting aggressive acts, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians, pushing forward towards reaching a political solution to the Yemeni crisis, and supporting the efforts of the UN special envoy to Yemen, according to the relevant Security Council resolutions, the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms and the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue, in a way that preserves the unity of Yemen and stability and security of its territories. --SPA 22:15 LOCAL TIME 19:15 GMT 0045 www.spa.gov.sa/w1699447