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Yemen’s powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key ally of the country’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, Friday welcomed a UN peace proposal to end the country’s 19-month war as a "good basis for negotiations".
Saleh made his comments as UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheickh Ahmed held meetings in the capital Sana’a with the Ansarullah movement and his representatives.
Saleh issued his comments on his official Twitter account.
Saudi Arabia began has been bombarding Yemen since late March 2015. The airstrikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
