UN Envoy: Yemen Close to Agreement
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The UN envoy to Yemen announced that warring parties are closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait.
"We are moving towards a general understanding that encompasses the expectations and visions of the parties," Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement Wednesday.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed was to brief the UN Security Council in a closed session later in the day on the progress made in the peace talks which began on April 21.
The apparent progress comes after the Saudi-backed side said on Monday that it stood ready to make concessions to Houthis and their allies.
The main sticking point in the talks has been the form of government to oversee a transition.
Ansarullah group and their allies have demanded a unity government as the Saudi-backed side insists that former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi should take the reins.
The Saudi side has also demanded that Houthis withdraw from the capital, Sanaa.
This comes as the Saudi- led coalition continues to strike Yemen.
On Wednesday, Saudi warplanes carried out fresh airstrikes on residential areas in the northern al-Jawf province, killing six people and wounding eight others.
Six other civilians, including children, were killed and four others injured in the southern province of Lahij in separate Saudi airstrikes.
Sources close to the Houthi delegation accused Saudi Arabia of violating the ceasefire.
The delegation met late Tuesday with the ambassadors to Yemen of the US, Britain and the EU and called for the formation of a "consensus executive authority" in Yemen.
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam warned that if no fair solution is reached, the group will form the government in Sana'a.
"Yemenis are awaiting a fair solution and if it fails, anti-aggression national forces must fill the vacuum by forming a government to serve the people and confront challenges," Abdulsalam said on Twitter.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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