UN Yemen Envoy Invites Warring Parties To Partake In Settlement Talks - Spokeswoman

UN Yemen Envoy Invites Warring Parties to Partake in Settlement Talks - Spokeswoman

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has sent invitations to the warring parties to participate in the Yemeni settlement consultations, United Nations Office at Geneva's (UNOG) spokeswoman Alessandra Velucci said Friday.

GENEVA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has sent invitations to the warring parties to participate in the Yemeni settlement consultations, United Nations Office at Geneva's (UNOG) spokeswoman Alessandra Velucci said Friday.

"I can confirm that the office of the special envoy has sent the invitations to the government of Yemen and to Ansar Allah," Velucci told a briefing.

The spokeswoman noted that the UN Office in Geneva would be closed due to national holidays on September 6, when Griffiths planned to hold talks.

Yemen has long been engulfed in the armed conflict between the government headed by Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah. The conflict has resulted in thousands of people being killed and a major nationwide humanitarian crisis. The conflict has already left 8.6 million children in Yemen without regular access to safe drinking water, according to UNICEF figures.