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| UN envoy says to suspend Yemen peace talks |
| 2016-08-05 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The UN special envoy to 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... said Thursday he plans to suspend peace talks between the country’s warring parties at the weekend but that negotiations will resume later. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been mediating the talks between President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s government and the Iran-backed Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels and their allies in Kuwait since April 21, without a major breakthrough. "We plan to hold the final session (of the talks) on Saturday," the Mauritanian diplomat said in an interview on state-run Kuwait TV. "We are working on issuing a communique that will emphasise on the main points we have achieved." The talks would resume later, he said, without providing a specific date or the location but he added that they could return to Kuwait. Ould Cheikh Ahmed said he offered delegates a peace plan a few days ago, and thanked the government for its positive response while adding that the rebels had some reservations. The envoy said all difficult issues were discussed and some achievements were made during the negotiations. "We wanted to have a sustainable and lasting peace agreement," said Ould Cheikh Ahmed who on Wednesday briefed the UN Security Council about the talks. The peace plan calls for the rebels to withdraw from territories they occupied in September 2014 including the capital Sanaa and hand over heavy weapons, said Ould Cheikh Ahmed. The government delegation which left Kuwait this week returned to the emirate late Thursday to attend the final session, its front man Mohammed al-Emrani told AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |