Saudi Ambassador to US welcomes Sweden's agreement between Yemeni parties
Saudi Arabia welcomed the agreement announced
Thursday in Sweden between the Yemeni parties.
This came in a statement made by Prince Khalid bin
Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America.
He praised the efforts of the UN envoy to reach this
agreement as an important step towards restoring the sovereignty and
independence of Yemen.
Earlier in the day, UN chief Antonio Guterres
announced a series of breakthroughs in talks with rivals in the Yemen conflict,
including a ceasefire for the vital port of Hodeidah.
The warring parties have been in the rural Swedish
village of Rimbo for a week to try to hammer out agreement on a number of key
issues.
A source inside the talks had said earlier that
mediators remained “positive” although there was “disagreement on the points of
the proposals”.
The rebels control both the Red Sea port of Hodeida
and the capital Sanaa. The Saudi-led military coalition controls Yemen’s
maritime borders and airspace.
Guterres did not immediately refer to any deal on
Sanaa airport, which has been closed to commercial flights for nearly three
years.
The Sweden talks mark the first meeting in two years
between the northern Huthi rebels and the Hadi government that has been backed
since 2015 by the Saudi-led coalition.