Trump Urges Saudi Arabia to End Blockade of Goods Into Yemen
6, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump pressed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to fully end its blockade of food, water, medicine
and fuel into Yemen, a rare humanitarian rebuke to the Middle East ally that he has firmly embraced since taking office.
Scott Paul, the humanitarian policy lead at Oxfam America, said Mr. Trump’s call for Saudi Arabia to relent is "long overdue but hugely important." He said in a statement
that millions of people could die in an "historic famine" if the Saudis do not agree to pull back from the blockade.
" Mr. Young said. that President Trump’s attention to this critical matter is very encouraging
and we hope he continues to pressure the Saudis to fully end the humanitarian blockade of Yemen,
In recent days, officials said Mr. Trump was presented with mounting evidence of the human cost of the Saudi blockade, including the impact on children,
and the spread of diseases like cholera and diphtheria as a result of the lack of food and clean water in the country.