UN Declares 3-Day Ceasefire In Yemen From Thursday
MEP: The United Nations special envoy for Yemen has announced a 72-hour ceasefire in the war-torn country on Monday, starting from Thursday.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi, in a statement posted on his Twitter account that “President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi approved the 72 hours truce which can be extended”.
“The special envoy welcomes the restoration of the cessation of hostilities, which will spare the Yemeni people further bloodshed and will allow for the expanded delivery of humanitarian assistance,” a statement released by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on Monday, the truce will begin on 23:59 local time on Wednesday and continue for 72 hours.
The ceasefire opens the door for negotiations to find a political solution to the conflict. April’s truce was followed by repeated rounds of talks in Kuwait between the warring sides, which did not come to fruition.
On Sunday, the US, UK and the UN called the warring sides in the conflict in Yemen to declare an immediate ceasefire.
