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UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed expressed his hope for a new round of peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties before the month of Ramadan.
The Envoy told AFP that currently, things are at the preliminary stage, but time is also a real constraint and he aims to finish all of this before Ramadan, or the end of May.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed added that negotiations were underway to stave off a Saudi-led military attack on the vital Red Sea port of Hodeida, in what he hoped would be the first step towards a ceasefire. He explained that prevention of an attack on Hodeida could allow “a real cessation of hostilities and to go back to the talks.”
Saudi Arabia has been leading a destructive military campaign against Yemen since March 2015 to reinstate former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The campaign has devastated the country’s infrastructure killing over 12,000 people including many women and children.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
