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Yemen gov’t delegation departs Kuwait as rebels reject United Nations peace solution
“We approved and signed the UN-brokered draft peace plan to end Yemen’s civil war”, Abdul Malik al-Mikhlafi, government delegation’s spokesman, told a press conference upon their departure in the airport of the Kuwaiti capital.
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The delegation is returning to Riyadh after informing United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed that it was ready to sign the proposed peace plan which the rebels rejected, Emrani said.
“If they want peace, they have to sign the peace deal and we were patient”, Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, who is also Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister, told reporters on Monday.
Yemen has been racked by chaos since late 2014, when the Houthis and their allies overran capital Sanaa and other parts of the country, forcing President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and his Saudi-backed government to temporarily flee to Riyadh.
More than 6,400 people have been killed in the Arabian Peninsula state since the Saudi-led coalition intervened previous year in support of the government of Yemen President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
In mid-July, Ould Cheikh Ahmed appealed to the parties, stating that the time has come for you to take definitive decisions that demonstrate to the Yemeni people the sincerity of your intentions and your national obligations.
“The ball now is in the court of the Houthis”, he said, adding that his delegation agreed to the deal despite reservations.
According to the draft agreement, prisoners of war would be freed, as specified by the UN Security Council Resolution 2216, and a political dialogue between various Yemeni factions would start 45 days after the rebels withdraw and hand over heavy weapons to a military committee to be formed by President Hadi.
The agreement also provides for the annulment of the supreme council, which formalised an alliance between the Houthis and Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress (GPC).
That demand has been rejected by Mr Hadi’s internationally recognised government, which is backed by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia that includes the UAE.
The Kuwait talks have failed to make any significant headway amid fundamental disputes over the agenda.
Another 2.8 million people have been displaced and more than 80% of the population urgently needs humanitarian aid, according to United Nations figures.
Meanwhile, a police officer was killed Saturday in Aden when a bomb planted in his auto in Yemen second city Aden blew up, a security official said.
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The Saudis reported yesterday that seven of their border guards were killed in a Houthi raid at the weekend, though “dozens” of casualties had been inflicted on the attackers.