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| UNITED NATIONS — The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to hold direct talks mediated by the United Nations envoy next week, the United Nations announced Thursday. | |
| Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the mediator, has spent the past several months shuttling back and forth between talks with the exiled, Saudi-backed government and leaders of the Houthi rebels. If the agreement holds, it will be the first time the antagonists hold face-to-face talks. The last time their representatives agreed to a meeting, they flew to Geneva, stayed in separate hotels and left without even agreeing to a humanitarian truce. | Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the mediator, has spent the past several months shuttling back and forth between talks with the exiled, Saudi-backed government and leaders of the Houthi rebels. If the agreement holds, it will be the first time the antagonists hold face-to-face talks. The last time their representatives agreed to a meeting, they flew to Geneva, stayed in separate hotels and left without even agreeing to a humanitarian truce. |
| This time, a statement from the United Nations said, all sides have agreed to abide by a Security Council resolution that calls on the Houthi rebels to pull out of major cities, among other things. Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed briefed the Council on Thursday afternoon in a closed-door session before the announcement was made. The statement made no mention of any halt in fighting. | This time, a statement from the United Nations said, all sides have agreed to abide by a Security Council resolution that calls on the Houthi rebels to pull out of major cities, among other things. Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed briefed the Council on Thursday afternoon in a closed-door session before the announcement was made. The statement made no mention of any halt in fighting. |
| “He urges the participants in the talks to engage constructively and in good faith, recognizing the need for a rapid end to the violence which has brought intolerable levels of suffering to the Yemeni people,” the statement read. | “He urges the participants in the talks to engage constructively and in good faith, recognizing the need for a rapid end to the violence which has brought intolerable levels of suffering to the Yemeni people,” the statement read. |