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Yemen rebels open to more talks if 'progress' made in Sweden
[PULSE.NG] Yemen's Houthis are open to more talks with the rival government if progress is made this week at UN-brokered negotiations in Sweden, a front man said on Sunday.The Sweden initiative marks the first meeting between the two sides since the 2016 breakdown of talks to end the Yemen  ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...war, which has claimed more than 10,000 lives since 2015 when Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and its allies joined the government fight against the rebels. The conflict has triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. "If we leave these consultations having made progress -- progress in building confidence and finding a framework -- we can hold a new round of talks" in the coming months, Huthi front man Mohammed Abdelsalam told news hounds. Abdelsalam, who heads the rebel delegation, spoke on the sidelines of UN-brokered talks in the rural village of Rimbo, where warring Yemeni parties are gathered. Among the issues under discussion in Sweden are potential humanitarian corridors, a prisoner swap, the reopening of the defunct Sanaa international airport, and Hodeida, the rebel-held port city at the heart of a government offensive. Two government delegates on Sunday said their representatives had met face-to-face on the prisoner swap, which had been agreed to by both parties before the Sweden talks. A UN official confirmed a "committee" meeting on Sunday on the prisoner swap. Posted by: Fred 2018-12-10 |
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