Yemen's warring parties meet for fourth day of talks
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(9 Dec 2018) Yemen's warring parties continued their meeting for a fourth day of talks on Sunday in Sweden aimed at halting the country's catastrophic 4-year-old war. Both the internationally recognized government, which is backed by a US-sponsored and Saudi-led coalition, and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels say they are striving for peace. The Houthi delegation says talks have been divided into five main sections, including discussions on a political framework and the opening of Sanaa airport for aid. The talks opened on Thursday on an upbeat note, with the warring sides agreeing to a broad prisoner swap, boosting hopes that the talks would not deteriorate into further violence as in the past. A member of the Yemeni government delegation, Askar Zouail spoke about the discussions and said that the "atmosphere is positive, and we are optimistic, to fix the prisoner matter." While the head of the Houthi Mohammed Abdel-Salam said that after signing the agreement, in order to "solve the problem of the missing", that both parties should "go and collect dead bodies from the field" as "until now, bodies have not been collected". UN officials have sought to downplay expectations from the talks in Sweden, saying they don't foresee rapid progress toward a political settlement but hope for at least minor steps that would help to address Yemen's worsening humanitarian crisis and prepare a framework for further negotiations. 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/2eb33279d3e8a31722160808285daeb5
