Yemen’s Presidential: Houthi must be pushed to fulfill truce terms
Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi on Monday urged the UN envoy to push Houthi militias to abide by the truce and lift the siege of Taiz under its terms.
Al-Alimi met with Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy to Yemen, on his third visit this month to Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen that is witnessing a major diplomatic upsurge, the official Saba news agency reported.
The chairman of the Presidential Command Council stressed the importance of pushing the Houthi militias to fulfill their obligations under the truce Agreement, including opening all crossings and paying employees’ salaries from the proceeds of oil derivative ships arriving at Hodeida ports.
Al-Alimi stressed the continued support of the leadership and the legitimate government for the UN efforts to implement the truce, and to provide more initiatives to alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people, and not compromise on any of their rights guaranteed under the constitution and relevant international laws.
In this regard, the UN envoy briefed President Al-Alimi and his two deputies on the results of the first phase of negotiations, on the opening of the Taiz crossings and other governorates, where the Houthi militia continued to be intransigent and not committed to implementing the truce provisions related to the opening of roads in Taiz and other governorates in order to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.
The UN envoy to Yemen arrived at Aden International Airport from Jordan to meet with the president and members of the Presidential Council to discuss the imposition of the truce extension and the Taiz file.
This came after the first round of negotiations ended without an explicit announcement of the lifting of the siege of Taiz, which was a new disappointment for all Yemenis, as Houthi militias once again emerged as a party seeking to fragment the agreements and not make any concessions to alleviate human suffering under the UN truce.
While the Houthis are trying to open the roads, the humanitarian truce is rapidly unraveling for three days, and the fate of its extension is still subject to barter by militias seeking what they call economic and humanitarian benefits.