Al-Thawra Net
The United Nations says the peace talks aimed at resolving the conflict in Yemen have been delayed and are scheduled to resume on Saturday, despite threats by the resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, to boycott the negotiations.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed headed to Saudi Arabia Friday to hold talks with Hadi, apparently to convince him to attend the negotiations.
“We will see whether we can get both delegations so that we can get the talks started,” said Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman, on Friday.
“If there is any further delay, we can let you know at that time, but right now what we are anticipating is a start on Saturday.”
The Yemeni national delegation has already arrived in Kuwait to participate in the fresh round of talks.
The delegation headed to Kuwait after a day-long stop in Oman during which they met Ould Sheikh Ahmed and Oman’s Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi.
The delegation’s media adviser, Ahmad Ghilan, had said in a text message, “We are committed to the time” for the resumption of negotiations and “to everything we had (previously) agreed on.”
