Dubai: Rival parties have accepted a Saudi proposal for a cessation of hostilities without preconditions in Yemen, a well-informed source on the peace talks being held in Kuwait told regional newspapers.
According to Saudi-owned Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, the proposal included four main clauses: establishing the organisational structure of the truce committees and beginning a ceasefire, setting up field teams on all fronts of each governorate, connecting all truce committees with one another on all fronts and identifying buffer zones on the ground.
Commenting on the development, Mohammad Saeed Al Jaber, Saudi ambassador to Yemen, said putting forward the proposal came in response to the growing breaches of the cessation of hostilities in Yemen.
Al Jaber pointed out that the proposal was discussed in detail during a meeting attended by Abdul Aziz Jabbari and Brigadier Saleh Al Zindani, Brigadier Askar Zaer from the Yemeni government side and Hamza Al Houthi, Salim Al Mughlas and Brigadier Ahmad Al Mane from Al Houthi side in the presence of UN envoy Esmail Ould Shaikh Ahmad and his deputy Kenny Gluck as well as other military officials from the UN team.
The Saudi ambassador confirmed that both sides have agreed to the proposal and the implementation of it will be carried out by the UN and the main truce committee, which includes 10 members from both fighting parties.
He added all parties involved have commended the proposal and the UN envoy has presented it to the ambassadors of 18 countries sponsoring the Yemeni peace talks who praised it describing it as a realistic and logical one.
The main truce committee which is under the UN’s direct supervision has communicated with the truce committees in the seven governorates to follow up and address any violations, the Saudi ambassador added.
