UN envoy: peace in Yemen entails determination of parties to reach settlement

The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen arrived in Sanaa to discuss his road map during his second visit to the capital in less than a week.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will meet with diplomats and other offiials to discuss ways to alleviate the humanitarian suffering and assess the best ways to address the country’s economic crisis, Al Arabiya News reported Saturday.

“Negotiating peace frameworks is a tremendous undertaking under the best of circumstances,” said the special envoy. “It requires an unequivocal determination of the parties to reach a negotiated settlement to put Yemen on the path to peace and that’s what we are aiming for.”

Meanwhile, Yemen’s legitimate and internationally-backed government reaffirmed its refusal to discuss fundamental national topics concerning the future of the presidency office and the government with putschists.

Source: MENA