Yemen's Deputy PM and FM Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi (Image from Internet)
Doha (IINA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Yemen Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi on Tuesday expressed confidence that a new round of UN-brokered Yemeni peace talks would take place in Kuwait by the end of this month.
Speaking at the Al Jazeera Forum in Qatar on Monday, Mekhlafi said the government was willing to negotiate in order to reach a solution to the conflict which has lasted for over a year. He confirmed that the legitimate government, headed by Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, would attend the talks.
“We are going to these peace talks and we will say we are ready to go anywhere and we are hopeful that we are going to reach a solution," he told the conference.
On Sunday, UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed wrote on his Facebook page that he held “positive and constructive talks" in rebel-held Sana'a with the Houthis and their allies – supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
“Preparations are ongoing for the next round of peace talks on Yemen," he wrote, without giving a specific date or location.
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