MojNews-Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said Friday he will withdraw all forces fighting alongside the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi fighters in Yemen. 

Speaking at U.S.-based think tank Atlantic Council in Washington, Hamdok stressed the conflict in Yemen has no military solution and peace could be achieved only through political means.

He said of the 5,000 Sudanese soldiers who have remained in Yemen, “We will withdraw them as well.”

Hamdok said his government inherited the military involvement from ouster Prime Minister Omar Al-Bashir , who was toppled in April after an uprising against his rule.

Sudan has been involved in the Yemeni war as part of the Saudi-led coalition which began in March 2015.