(Sanaa) The truce in Yemen is “at an impasse”, the Houthi rebels claimed on Saturday on the eve of the expiration of the UN-brokered agreement, having given respite to the population exhausted by more than seven years of war.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
Since April 2, two-month ceasefires, renewed twice, have relatively calmed the lives of Yemenis, who are facing one of the worst humanitarian tragedies in the world due to the conflict between their government, which has since been supported 2015 by a Saudi-led military coalition to the Iran-backed Houthis.
The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has visited Sanaa and Oman, a country that is mediating in the region, in recent days in the hope of securing an extension of the truce. supposed to end on Sunday.
“Over the past six months, we have seen no serious willingness to treat humanitarian issues as a priority,” the rebels said in a statement, accusing coalition countries of being responsible for the “impasse”.
In addition to a ceasefire, the truce provided for a series of humanitarian measures, some of which were not implemented, the two parties accusing each other of not respecting their commitments.
On Twitter, US Ambassador to Yemen Stevin Fagin said on Saturday he was “worried about the lack of progress” in the talks, calling on all parties to “put the Yemeni people first and renew the truce”. .
According to the UN, the war in Yemen has left hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and plunged two-thirds of the population into need of aid, with a situation close to a large-scale famine.