Riyadh, June 27, 2020, SPA -- Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi called on the Southern Transitional Council (STC) to take advantage of the sincere and great efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to return to the path of implementing the Riyadh Agreement, stop bloodshed, escalation and hostilities. According to the Official Yemeni News Agency, President Hadi, in a speech delivered during a meeting with the President Advisory Board and members of the Presidency of the House of Representatives, to review the latest developments, in Yemen, said that the Riyadh agreement signed last November with the Southern Transitional Council, is considered as the safe way to stem the causes and repercussions of the recent skirmishes, in some liberated areas, in a manner that prioritizes the supreme national interest, unifies the efforts to confront the Iranian-backed Houthi coup, and engages everyone within the framework of the state military, civil and security institutions. He added that we have directed to fully abide by the ceasefire, in Abyan Governorate in the south of the country, in response to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's endeavors to provide us with a further opportunity to end the rebellion against the state, its institutions and resume implementation of the agreement. The president, concluded by reaffirming the depth and strength bilateral relations binding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Yemen. --SPA 18:35 LOCAL TIME 15:35 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1358840