Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, allies set conditions for possible talks
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A handout picture released by Kuwait's Ministry of Information on July 17, 2016, shows delegations taking part in a meeting of the Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait City. (Photo by AFP)
Delegates from the Ansarullah movement and GPC said in a statement on Saba news agency that Saudi-backed resigned President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, must go and an agreement must be reached on the presidency.
"Any talks or negotiations by Yemeni delegates must be on the condition that the United Nations offers a written and comprehensive peace plan," they said in a statement on Tuesday, adding, "If the proposal does not include an agreement on the new presidential institution, then it [the UN peace plan] becomes merely a partial and incomplete vision, which cannot be a foundation for discussion."
On August 7, the UN-brokered peace talks on the Yemeni conflict ended without an agreement in Kuwait. The negotiations between delegates from the Ansarullah movement and the former Yemeni regime of Hadi had begun on April 21.
Experts said Saudi Arabia’s unreasonable approach caused the UN-backed peace talks on the Yemen war to fail.
On August 13, Yemen’s parliament held its first session in the country’s capital, Sana’a, since the outbreak of conflict there 17 months ago. The parliamentarians unanimously voted in favor of the newly set up Supreme Political Council to rule the Arab country, stripping Hadi of his power and legitimacy.
On August 25, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that he had agreed with the United Nations and Persian Gulf Arab monarchies on a plan to restart peace talks with a goal of forming a unity government.
Yemen has been under Saudi military strikes since late March 2015. Ansarullah fighters, allied Yemeni army factions, and forces loyal to Saleh have united and are fighting back the Saudi invaders.
The United Nations puts the martyrdom toll from the military aggression at about 10,000.
