A Gulf newspaper: a final version of the armistice agreement in Yemen
English - Tuesday 13 October 2020 الساعة 03:24 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
A Gulf newspaper reported, on Monday, that the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has resumed his contacts with the legitimate government and the Houthi militia, to discuss the final draft of the agreement, which was prepared in accordance with the notes, which he received from both sides.
The Emirati newspaper, Al-Bayan, quoted Yemeni political sources as saying that the contacts made by Griffiths and ambassadors from the five major countries and the European Union with leaders of the Houthi militia stagnated the efforts made by the UN envoy to conclude a comprehensive ceasefire agreement.
It added that Griffiths, in light of the responses he received from the militia, will meet with the legitimate government leadership in Riyadh, to discuss it in a final version of the declaration, which includes, in addition to a comprehensive ceasefire agreement, economic and humanitarian measures such as restarting Sanaa airport, paying employees' salaries and addressing the floating oil reservoir problem SAFER and the fuel crisis in militia-controlled areas.
It stated that the amendments that Griffiths made to the draft agreement address government concerns about controlling the port of Hodeidah, arms smuggling and Sana'a International Airport, but did not disclose the contents of these amendments.
It said: The legitimacy was objecting to the militia’s management of Sanaa airport, and demanding the return of the staff who were there before the coup, and reservations about proposals to resume oil exports from the Marib fields, while Ras Issa port is still under the militia’s control, and it did not withdraw from it as stipulated in that Stockholm Agreement, in addition to controlling ships arriving at the port of Hodeidah, to prevent weapons smuggling.
It quoted a Yemeni official as saying that representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross had met in recent days with representatives of the government and the Houthi militia, where meetings were held in Aden, Marib, and Sana'a, and they will be secured for this purpose, and that a final meeting was held, on Sunday in Riyadh with the government side to make final arrangements for the release of the first batch of prisoners and detainees, who numbered 1080.
According to the Switzerland agreement, the release of this batch is supposed to take place next Thursday, and among the released 19 Arab coalition forces.
