“Committed to ceasefire in Yemen,” says leader of Southern Transitional Council
Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) said that it is
committed to a ceasefire in the port city of Aden and are willing to work with
the Saudi-led coalition, their leader said on Sunday.
The STC leader Aidaroos al-Zubaidi said in televised
comments to Aden-based TV channel AIC that they are also willing to attend a
meeting called by Saudi Arabia.
In Sunday’s statement, the STC also said that it is ready to
work with the Arab coalition in Yemen.
The STC had on Saturday taken over the Yemeni government’s
military camps in Aden on Saturday. After the coalition warning early Sunday,
the STC had agreed to the ceasefire. Residents said there had been no clashes
between the STC and government forces since the previous night, according to a
Reuters report.
