KUWAIT CITY: The Yemeni government delegation is to rejoin UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait with Houthis, UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said.
The negotiations have been interrupted by repeated boycotts by the government delegation since they opened on April 21.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek Al-Mekhlafi confirmed earlier that the government delegation would give the talks “a last chance” after President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi held meetings with the emirs of Qatar and Kuwait, as well as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
“We have fixed all the references. This is a first step on the path for a real peace that leads to implementing Resolution 2216 beginning with withdrawals, surrender of weapons and the restoration of state institutions,” he said.
Representatives from the government of President Hadi and its Iran-allied Houthis have been meeting for nearly a month in Kuwait City.
The government withdrew from the talks, saying it would only return if its opponents committed to withdraw from cities they have seized since 2014 and hand over weapons.
Hadi’s supporters insist that the talks should focus instead on enforcing an April 2015 UN Security Council resolution demanding the rebels’ withdrawal from the capital and other territories they have overran since 2014.
The negotiations have been interrupted by repeated boycotts by the government delegation since they opened on April 21.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek Al-Mekhlafi confirmed earlier that the government delegation would give the talks “a last chance” after President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi held meetings with the emirs of Qatar and Kuwait, as well as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
“We have fixed all the references. This is a first step on the path for a real peace that leads to implementing Resolution 2216 beginning with withdrawals, surrender of weapons and the restoration of state institutions,” he said.
Representatives from the government of President Hadi and its Iran-allied Houthis have been meeting for nearly a month in Kuwait City.
The government withdrew from the talks, saying it would only return if its opponents committed to withdraw from cities they have seized since 2014 and hand over weapons.
Hadi’s supporters insist that the talks should focus instead on enforcing an April 2015 UN Security Council resolution demanding the rebels’ withdrawal from the capital and other territories they have overran since 2014.
