The EU ambassador to Yemen said that the country needs peace urgently and that he will continue doing his utmost, with UN, regional and likeminded international partners to help Yemenis reach peace in Yemen “a country for too long battered by conflict” urgently needs.
In a farewell message published by Press and information team of the Delegation to YEMEN, after completing his three and a half years tour of duty as European Union Ambassador to Yemen Ambassador Gabriel Munuera Viñals added that he will leave with a heavy heart, “inevitably, as Yemen remains mired in conflict and humanitarian crisis, not in war, but not in peace either”.
He said that he tried to contribute to help Yemen and the Yemenis address the many daunting challenges they continue facing and chart a path to a better future, in peace and prosperity. I, we, have done this with only one agenda in mind, to assist, to help, especially with the UN partners but also those in the region and beyond, bring Yemen to a better place.
Ambassador Gabriel Munuera Viñals concluded his message saying: “I leave Yemen, but Yemen will never leave me. As we say in Spanish, my mother tongue, “lo prometido es deuda”, what is promised is a debt. My promise to many Yemeni friends is that I will visit their homes, their home cities, possibly as a tourist, one of thousands, millions, who will visit the country again”.