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The United Nations envoy to Yemen has handed an outline for a peace plan to the Houthi Ansarullah movement and their allies, a Houthi-affiliated politician said.
Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed left Sana’a Tuesday after a one-day visit aimed at pushing for an end the country’s 19-month conflict that has killed thousands.
"All parties must cooperate fully and swiftly to support political alternatives to secure lasting peace guided by a conviction that violence is never a viable solution," Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement.
"The previous weeks and months confirmed that there are no winners in war and violence is never a viable solution."
According to the politician, the peace plan also includes transferring the powers of the fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi to a new prime minister and a vice president. It proposes a one to two-year-transitional period paving the way for presidential elections.
The politician spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
The envoy called for a return to a cessation of hostilities after a 72-hour cease-fire to allow aid deliveries officially ended at midnight Saturday as the two sides traded accusations of violations.
Peace talks held in Kuwait ended in deadlock in August.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
