UN Special Envoy Postpones Submission of Draft Deal on Yemeni Conflict

© AP Photo / Hani MohammedUN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. - Sputnik International
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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has postponed the submission of draft deal on Yemeni conflict settlement due to disagreements among the negotiating parties in Kuwait, a diplomatic source told Sputnik on Tuesday.

In this Thursday, April 16, 2015 photo, The shadow of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen. - Sputnik International
UN Special Envoy 'Nearly Completed' Draft Deal on Yemeni Settlement
KUWAIT CITY (Sputnik) — The talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels brokered by the United Nations have brought no results so far.

"Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has postponed for an uncertain period the submission of the document, that contains the vision of [Yemeni conflict] settlement due to preservation of the differences of the views among the Yemeni conflict parties and the threats that the document will not be accepted if it is not impartial," the source said.

On Monday, a diplomatic source told Sputnik that the UN special envoy was to submit the draft deal to Yemeni negotiators in a short time.

The draft deal was supposed to include key points discussed at the negotiations, including establishment of a joint interim government, supreme military supervision committee as well as mechanisms of firearms surrender and rebel troops withdrawal.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels, the country’s main opposition force. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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