UN: Yemen Peace Talks To Begin In Kuwait

UN spokesman Stephane DujarricKABUL: (MEP) Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen are expected to open in Kuwait on Thursday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed.

The talks are the most important attempt yet to resolve Yemen’s devastating conflict which enters its second year.

The talks were to open on Monday, but were delayed.

Yemen’s Houthis agreed to join the UN-mediated talks after receiving assurances from the UN special envoy to Yemen that the ceasefire would be respected, head of Houthis political council Saleh Ali al-Sammad said Wednesday.

The Houthi delegation left for Kuwait on Wednesday.

A Western diplomat in Kuwait has said the assurances had been given by representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

They had sent a message to the Houthis, saying they understand their fears” and urging them to “quickly join” the talks, the French news agency AFP reported.

The kingdom has been bombarding the impoverished country since last March to shore up the former Yemeni regime and undermine Ansarullah.

More than 9,400 people have been killed and at least 16,000 others injured since the onset of the Saudi aggression.

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