Despite the truce, there are no new skirmishes in Yemen

In the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, it is the troops on Friday, despite the agreed ceasefire between the government and rebels are Fighting. In the South, the artillery was to listen to the fire, said a resident, another told of battles in the East.

Both sides had agreed on Thursday in the case of the UN-mediated talks in Sweden, a fire break, which occurred in Friday night. Saudi Arabia and Iran welcomed the agreement on a ceasefire for the strategically important port of Hodeida.

At the Handover of the port, it was an "important step" to end the Suffering of the people. The Ministry of foreign Affairs in the capital city of Riyadh announced on Friday, the state Saudi news Agency SPA reported.

Iran, the rebels on the side of Huthi, welcomed the development as an "important agreement", the "reason to hope for further negotiations", as it was called from Tehran.

The Department of foreign Affairs (FDFA) in Bern, spoke of a "breakthrough in terms of the resumption of the peace process".

The talks would have led to the conclusion of three statements, say it in an EDA-message from the Friday evening "including a cease-fire in the port city of Hodeida, to the creation of a joint Committee in the city of Taiz, as well as to a prisoner exchange". Switzerland call on both sides to do everything to this agreement as soon as possible to implement, it means more.

Immediate ceasefire

Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels and the government had agreed agreed to on Thursday at the conclusion of the peace talks in Stockholm, a truce for Hodeida, which should enter into force without delay.

The agreement stipulates that both sides retreat from the city. Instead, the UN should be strengthened in presence. On Friday, the UN wanted to address the security Council in New York, with the results of the negotiations.

so far, the Houthi-controlled port is Central to the supply of the country. He is regarded as the lifeline especially for Yemen's North. After the start of the ceasefire should be brought according to the UN, freight and deliveries via Hodeida to the country.

Humanitarian crisis

Because of the conflict, Yemen is experiencing, according to UN estimates, the world's worst humanitarian crisis. 20 million people have big difficulties to get sufficient food - about two-thirds of the population. The United Nations children's Fund, Unicef, warned that every ten minutes a child is of diseases and malnutrition death.

In Yemen, the Shiite Houthi rebels have been fighting for more than four years against the supporters of the internationally recognized Sunni government. Their troops are supported by a military coalition under the leadership of Saudi Arabia with air attacks.

The Sunni Saudi Arabia sees the Houthis allies in its Shiite Nemesis Iran. For months, the militants of the government to try and Hodeida. (nag/SDA)

Created: 14.12.2018, 22:51 PM