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UN deputy envoy Maeen Sharim arrived in Yemen's capital Sana’a on Saturday, a security official at Sana’a airport told Xinhua.
This is his first visit to Yemen since his appointment to seek arrangements for holding talks planned by the United Nations between the Yemeni warring parties, the Houthi Ansarullah movement and the Saudi-backed resigned regime of former President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Sharim told reporters at the airport that he would meet officials from Houthi movement to pave the way for planned talks that is set to be held in a neutral foreign country under the management and supervision of UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
Sharim declined to reveal topics he would discuss with Houthi officials.
Previous attempts by the UN envoy Ould Cheikh Ahmed had failed to reach a political settlement between the Yemeni rival forces.
The Saudi-led coalition has intervened in the Yemeni conflict since March 2015 to roll back the Houthi forces and support President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The nearly three years into Yemen's civil war have killed over 12,000 Yemenis, mostly children, and displaced 3 million others, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The war between Houthis and the coalition-backed Hadi's regime forces has recently intensified in the country's northern province of Jawf and the western Red Sea coasts.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
