Yemen peace talks to resume today

he Yemeni peace talks are expected to resume with both delegations in Kuwait on Saturday in a bid to bring security and stability to the war-torn Middle East country.

The delegation of Ansarallah and General People's Congress arrived in Kuwait on Friday, Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here, adding that the UN special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was in Riyadh on Friday to meet with Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hai and the delegation of the government of Yemen.

The UN-facilitated peace negotiations aimed at ending Yemen's civil war officially halted in Kuwait on June 29 and is expected to be resumed in mid-July.

Political observers said the UN-brokered peace talks, which kicked off in Kuwait City on April 11, failed to reach any tangible breakthroughs after two months of negotiations.

Delegates of the government strongly insisted that they represents Yemen's sole legitimate governing authority, and called for the full implementation of last year's UN Security Council Resolution 2216.

The resolution orders Houthi militias to withdraw from Sanaa and all other cities occupied earlier, hand back weapons and release political prisoners before forming new sharing transitional government.

However, the Houthis and their allies, for their part, say that they represent the country's de facto rulers and urged to form a new transitional government before discussing withdrawal from cities and the other topics.