The United States, Britain and the UN had Sunday called for a ceasefire in Yemen, a day after a Saudi-led coalition against the country's Houthi rebel movement admitted responsibility for the bombing of a funeral hall which killed some 140 people including prominent political figures.
ANO paziņojums seko pēc tam, kad starptautiski atzītais Jemenas prezidents Abdrabuhs Mansurs Hadi pavēstīja par pamiera panākšanu. ASV, Lielbritānija un ANO sūtnis pirms tam bija aicinājušas karojošās puses vienoties par ugunspārtraukšanu.