United Nations envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, looks as he talks with assistants upon his arrival at Sanaa airport in Sanaa, Yemen January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in a frontline position in the port city of Hodeidah was increasing as the food was "at risk of rotting".
The World Food Programme grain stores at the Red Sea Mills are enough to feed 3.7 million people for a month and have been inaccessible for more than five months, Martin Griffiths said.
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