Houthi delegation returns to Yemen after peace talks
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(14 Dec 2018) The delegation representing Yemen's Houthi rebels has returned to their capital, Sanaa, after participating in peace talks with the country's internationally recognised government in Sweden. At a news conference immediately following the delegation's arrival, Galal Al- Rawyshan, interior minister in the Houthi government, said the talks had taken "correct steps" towards peace and easing the humanitarian suffering in the country. Yemen's warring sides agreed onThursday to an immediate cease-fire in the strategic port city of Hodeida, where fighting has disrupted vital aid deliveries and left the country on the brink of starvation in the four-year civil war. The agreement includes a withdrawal of combatants to outside the city limits within two weeks and was praised by the U.N. The truce, along with a mass prisoner exchange agreement reached earlier, were seen as important first steps toward further talks in January aimed at drawing down a stalemated conflict that has killed thousands of people and left millions more in misery in the Arab world's poorest country. Abdullah Mohamed Hagar, political advisor to head of the Houthi's diplomatic affairs committee, says that the United State's Senate recent passing of resolution which could stop the country from financially supporting the Saudi-led coalition in the country was a positive step. In back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and signalled new scepticism from Capitol Hill toward the longtime Middle East ally. One measure recommended that the U.S. end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen. The other put the blame for the death of Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Both had been vigorously opposed by the Trump administration and threatened with a presidential veto. Top brass was on Capitol Hill ahead of voting to prevent further action in the House. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a5f914031459def1e07f6649653bf619
