UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Martin Griffiths

UN envoy in Yemen amid preparation for peace talks

November 22, 2018

The UN Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, arrived and headed along with his delegation to downtown in capital Sanaa…reports Asian Lite News

UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Martin Griffiths

But he made no statements to reporters upon his arrival.

Griffiths told the UN Security Council that he planned to visit the embattled port city of Hodeidah. He urged the Council to adopt a humanitarian truce before holding peace talks in Sweden within weeks.

A round of talks in Geneva collapsed in September after the Houthi delegation did not attend.

Yemen has been in civil war in the past three years, pitting Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the government of Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Saudi Arabia leads an Arab military coalition to support the Hadi government.

Houthi rebels have announced an halt to launching missiles at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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