President Joe Biden declares revoke US support to Saudi's Yemen war

US President Joe Biden declared to revoke US support for the Saudi Arabia-led invasion in Yemen as part of American diplomacy's reset through his administration.

"America is back. Diplomacy is back at the heart of our foreign policy," Biden said as he talked about a range of foreign policy issues and announced moves to current US policy.

"We will repair our identities, engage with the world once again, not to meet yesterday's tests, but today's and tomorrow's."

Citing the pandemic, weather crisis, and nuclear proliferation, Biden said that nations had to work collectively and that he also planned to focus on defending freedom in diplomacy.

Biden said he wanted to rebuild democratic parties that had "atrophied over the past few years from neglect and I would argue abuse."

The US president lamented that American power and moral authority had been lost and wanted to be "earned back." He has already changed a number of his predecessor's policies, including joining the Paris climate agreement and supporting the World Health Organisation.

Stepping up diplomacy to put an end to the war in Yemen

President Biden emphasized that his government would end all US support for the Saudi-led attack in Yemen, including "relevant arms sales."

Biden said his team would secure support for the UN force to impose a ceasefire and restore peace talks.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken named a career diplomat, Tim Lenderking, as a special envoy to the Yemen conflict.

Biden said they would push for a sharp resolution and that the US would work to make sure that kind of aid would reach people in Yemen.

"This war has to end," Biden said.

The UN's humanitarian affairs office puts the expected death toll from the six-year war at 233,000, "including 131,000 from many indirect causes such as lack of food, health duties, and infrastructure."

It ends US support that has been continuing in the past two administrations.