Yemen govt agrees to conditional truce: UN

Sanaa - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the spokesman said, had "set guarantees for the success of the truce".

Yemen's government told the United Nations on Wednesday it would agree to a truce to end more than three months of fighting provided key "guarantees" were met, a spokesman said.
"The Yemeni authorities have informed the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon of its agreement to implement a truce in the coming days," spokesman Rajeh Badi said by phone from the government's seat of exile in Saudi Arabia.
Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the spokesman said, had "set guarantees for the success of the truce".
These included the release of prisoners by Houthi group, including the loyalist defence minister, as well as the Houthis' withdrawal from four southern and eastern provinces.
The United Nations has received a letter from the Yemeni government and was "seeking clarification from the parties," said Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthi movement. The Houthis have not yet accepted a UN Security Council Resolution passed in April which recognises Hadi as the legitimate president and calls on them to quit seized land.
Aid agencies say the fighting and a near-blockade imposed by an alliance of Arab states aimed at weapons deliveries to the Houthis has caused a humanitarian catastrophe. - Reuters

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