The parties to the conflict in Yemen have agreed to extend the ceasefire for a further two months, until 2 October 2022. This was stated by the UN Special Representative for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, reports Reuters on Tuesday, 2 October. August.
“This truce extension includes a commitment by the parties to intensify negotiations to reach an expanded truce agreement as soon as possible,” Grundberg said in a statement. An extended truce will provide a mechanism to pay public sector wages, open roads, expand flights from the capital, Sana’a, and regularly deliver fuel to the port of Hodeidah, Grunberg said. Furthermore, the UN is pushing for a permanent ceasefire so that negotiations can be restarted for a “sustainable political solution”.
UN: Yemen War Is ‘World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis’
Civil war in one of the Middle East’s poorest countries has lasted eight years since the Houthis took control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2014, ousting President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
In 2015, an international coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched a campaign to restore Hadi’s government to power. More than 150,000 people died during the war, including more than 14,500 civilians. The UN called this conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Source: DW
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