United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that all fighting forces will be withdrawn from Yemen's port city of Hodeidah and that control will pass to local forces, with the U.N. playing a leading role at the port.
There has not been agreement on a ceasefire in the rest of Yemen beyond Hodeidah, he told reporters after peace talks in Sweden. An agreement on Sanaa airport was expected within a week, he said.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Yemen said on Thursday that U.N.-backed agreements between Yemen's warring parties required the withdrawal of Houthi forces from the strategic port city of Hodeidah.Mohammed al-Jabir said the agreements, which have not been released to the public in full after talks in Sweden, required the Houthis' "withdrawing from the city and port of Hodeidah, as well as Taiz, and the release of thousands of detainees and prisoners."
Saudi ambassador to Yemen says UN agreement requires Houthi withdrawal from Hodeidah
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash welcomed an agreement between Yemen's warring parties to a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday."Encouraging news today from Sweden. Important political progress made including the status of Hodeida. The Coalition & Yemeni forces' military pressure enabled this significant breakthrough," Gargash said in a tweet.The United Arab Emirates is a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to restore the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. UN chief joins Yemen peace talks as pressure builds for port deal
UAE minister welcomes ceasefire agreement for Yemen's Hodeidah