Preparations underway for intra-Yemen peace talks: UN envoy

UN Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (UN file photo)

Geneva (IINA) – UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said Friday that preparations are underway “at full speed” for the next round of United Nations-brokered intra-Yemeni peace talks to start on April 18 in Kuwait.
The aim is to reach a comprehensive agreement that will end the war and allow the resumption of inclusive political dialogue in line with UN Security Council resolution 2216 (2015) and other relevant Council resolutions, UN News Center reported.
“I am looking forward to the active participation of relevant parties in the talks,” the UN envoy said, urging the country's delegations to seize this opportunity to provide a mechanism for a return to a peaceful and orderly transition based on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative and the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference.
UN political experts have already been deployed to Sana'a and Riyadh to work with the delegations there toward the resumption of talks, he said. Another team is on its way to Kuwait to finalize the preparations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It may be mentioned here that the parties to the conflict have agreed to a nationwide cessation of hostilities beginning at midnight on April 10.
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