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Saudi Ambassador to US welcomes Sweden's agreement between Yemeni parties

Friday 14/December/2018 - 01:13 PM
The Reference
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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.

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