Ansarullah, allies agree to form governing board in Yemen

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s General People’s Congress party have reached a consensus to set up a governing council to run the conflict-ridden country, with a focus on fighting the Saudi aggression.

In a joint statement released by the Houthi-run state news agency sabanews.net on Thursday, the two parties said that the "supreme political council" would include a rotating leadership made up of a president and a deputy from both sides.

According to the statement, the 10-member council is tasked with managing “state affairs politically, militarily, economically, administratively, socially and in security" based on the country’s constitution.

"The aim is to unify efforts to confront the aggression by Saudi Arabia and its allies," the statement added.

The development comes as the UN-mediated negotiations between the Ansarullah and Saudi-backed militants supporting the former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, are underway in Kuwait.

The peace talks, however, show no sign of producing an agreement to resolve the crisis in Yemen.

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