The United Nations seeks to hold the negotiations between Yemen's warring parties in November and expects to confirm the venue within the next week or two, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd November, 2018) The United Nations seeks to hold the negotiations between Yemen's warring parties in November and expects to confirm the venue within the next week or two, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen told Sputnik.
On Wednesday, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths called on all sides to the conflict in the war-torn country to seize the opportunity to restart peace talks, saying he hopes to resume the negotiations within one month. Same day, Sweden officially expressed its readiness to host talks between the parties to the conflict in Yemen. Previous attempt to hold UN-mediated talks in Geneva in early September collapsed when Houthi representatives refused to attend, claiming that the Saudi-led coalition refused to guarantee their safety.
"We are still looking on the details. What we are trying to aim for is end of November, in a European country," the spokesperson said.
The official added that the date and venue would be confirmed "within the next week or two," noting that there were several options on the table, apart from Sweden.
"We have different options � Sweden was mentioned, but we have other options as well. So we have not really identified the venue yet," the spokesperson said.
Last week, Abdul Malik Ajri, a member of the Houthi-led Political Bureau, told Sputnik that there were three options for the upcoming talks' venue � Austria, Switzerland or Sweden.
