Al-Jaber also said he was seeking to “support the prisoner exchange process.”
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen announced this evening that he is in the Sanaathe capital controlled by the Houthi rebels, with the aim of “stabilizing the ceasefire” and promoting dialogue to end the country’s eight-year war.
“I am visiting Sana’a, together with a delegation of our brothers from the Sultanate of Oman, to stabilize the truce and cease-fire,” Mohammed al-Jaber said in a tweet.
This was the first comment by the Saudi authorities on the Saudi diplomat’s visit to Yemen.
Al Jaber also said he seeks to “support the prisoner exchange process” and seek channels of dialogue between Yemenis “so that we can reach a sustainable and comprehensive political solution” to the crisis.
The Iranian-backed Houthis are fighting Yemen’s government, which since 2015 has been backed by a Saudi-led military coalition. A truce was agreed between the two sides a year ago, which is generally observed to this day, although it was not officially renewed when it expired last October. Riyadh is discussing a “roadmap” with the Houthis that calls for a six-month ceasefire followed by two-year political “transition” negotiations.
On Sunday, Mohammed al-Jaber held talks with the rebels’ political leader, Mahdi al-Massat.
The Houthis seized Sana’a in 2014 and control large parts of Yemen.
Shiite Iran’s recent rapprochement with Sunni Saudi Arabia has revived hopes for peace in the Middle East, particularly in Yemen, an impoverished country on the Arabian Peninsula facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Source :Skai
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