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<p>The British Government is in regular contact with the Saudi authorities about the
situation in Yemen through our Embassy in Riyadh and our Yemen Office based in Jeddah.
The UK has been consistently clear with all sides to the conflict over the importance
of compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law
during this conflict. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), spoke to
Saudi Foreign Minister Al Jubeir on 29 September in the margins of the UN General
Assembly, and underlined the importance the UK attaches to finding a political solution
to the current crisis as soon as possible. He also reinforced the necessity of full
compliance with international humanitarian law.</p>
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