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After a regional tour, visiting several Arab capitals, the UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed briefed the Security Council on Thursday on the situation in Yemen, Al Arabiya.Net reported.
During the briefing the UN envoy gave a list of recommendations that included an immediate ceasefire and a long truce, to be announced within two weeks, and the lifting of the air embargo imposed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition on the Sanaa airport since August 9.
On Monday, the United Nations and Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement have reached an agreement to restart a new round of peace talks with negotiators from the resigned government of former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi to end the nearly two-year-old conflict in the Arab country.
On October 29, 2016, Hadi rejected a peace proposal by the UN envoy, saying the plan “rewards” the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Details of the road map, which includes security and political arrangements, have not been made public, but according to informed sources, the proposed peace roadmap gives the Houthis, who are in control of large swathes of the country, including the capital of Sana’a, a share of the future government.
The plan also shrinks the president’s powers in exchange for the Houthis’ withdrawal from several major cities, including the capital, and the handover of their heavy weapons to a third party.
The president must also transfer power to the vice president, who in return appoints a new premier to form a new government, in which the Houthi-controlled north and the pro-Hadi south would have equal representation.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
