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The UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths plans to invite warring parties to Geneva on Sept. 6 to discuss a framework for peace talks.
Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, Griffiths said the talks would also discuss confidence-building measures to end the conflict.
The last attempt to resolve the conflict through talks took place in Kuwait in 2016, but the negotiations collapsed soon after.
Griffiths said his efforts in Yemen had enabled the UN to "narrow the gap between the parties" involved in the conflict.
"I am very conscious that each day costs lives which might have been saved," Griffiths said.
Earlier, Griffiths met with the UN ambassadors of the Saudi-led Arab coalition countries, including the UAE.
Griffiths has recently been shuttling between the warring parties to avert a coalition assault on Hodeida, Yemen's largest port which is still held by the Houthis Ansarullah movement.
"We have tried to find a way to avoid a battle for the city and the port of Hodeida and we are still trying," Griffiths told the council.
The first round of Yemen talks were held in 2015 in Switzerland before moving to Kuwait in 2016.
UN figures suggest at least 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict, while a further 2 million have been displaced.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
