The Yemeni government delegation denies the existence of new road consultations and adheres to the UN proposal on Taiz

A member of the government delegation to Jordan's consultations on opening Taiz roads and crossings, Nabil Jamil, said in a statement to "Emirates Today", that the government side adheres to the proposal of the UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, related to opening roads in Taiz, including the opening of a main road, along with Roads in other Yemeni governorates.

Jamil denied what is being circulated in the media about the existence of a third round of consultations, and said that this is not true, and what will take place are meetings of the military committees between the legitimacy and the Houthis next week, regarding the armistice and violations, not about the Taiz roads.

He added: "After the Houthis rejected the envoy's proposal, by responding to it with a new proposal that dropped the only main road proposed by the envoy with his proposal, and providing the Houthis to alternative, remote and secondary roads, the envoy sent a copy of the Houthi response to the government side, and went to meet President Al-Alimi, although he received a briefing from The committee and its opinion on the Houthi response, as it was emphasized to adhere to the proposal of the UN envoy.

He pointed out that the government side's response includes adherence to opening major roads in Taiz, with the commitment of the rest of the roads in Taiz and the rest of the governorates, as well as the possibility of sitting down to negotiate with the Houthis to discuss and study their concerns, as well as guarantees to open the "Softel Road" provided that they first agree to open the Softail Road.

"After that, the envoy moved to the Sultanate of Oman to consult with the Houthis, and until this moment, we have not received any response from the envoy's office, about what was reached with the Houthis in Muscat."

Jamil stated that the truce is threatened by the Houthis' intransigence in the Taiz roads file, but the position of the UN envoy and his office regarding the Taiz roads consultations was good, and he became aware of the reality of the "siege of Taiz", so he is with the opening of a major road in the governorate.

In the event that a new proposal is presented by the envoy, Jamil said we are ready to discuss it and work in the interest of Taiz and its people to open roads that alleviate suffering and reduce the economic cost for them. Concessions in files outside Taiz, pointing out that they in Taiz have withstood the war and siege for seven years, and that they will hold out more in negotiations to obtain their rights.

He pointed out that the international community and the actors in the Security Council are now speaking in one language and have one opinion regarding the siege of Taiz, and they demand and pressure to open roads and lift the siege on Taiz, in addition to the distinguished and great efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in this regard, and we ask them to put more pressure on opening roads Taiz.

A source in the government delegation revealed the existence of a "new UN proposal" regarding the opening of Taiz roads, noting that the proposal includes opening a main road in Taiz, without specifying the location of that road, as the details of the proposal will be revealed during the next few days.

The source stated that the government delegation had not received any invitation to participate in any new road consultations, explaining that the "new proposal" would certainly give the militias new gains, so it was approved by the Houthi negotiating delegation during its recent meeting with the UN envoy in the Omani capital, Muscat.

Member of the Presidential Leadership Council, Sultan al-Arada, had affirmed, during his meeting with the US ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin, the continuation of the Presidential Leadership Council's support, its keenness on the comprehensive peace process in Yemen, and its support for the efforts of the UN envoy and the preservation of the UN armistice.

Al-Arada called on the United States and the international community to put pressure on the Houthi militia and push it to implement its commitments and commitments under the armistice agreement, foremost of which is lifting the siege on the city of Taiz and stopping all attacks that multiply the suffering of Yemenis.

On the other hand, well-informed Yemeni sources confirmed the existence of international and regional efforts to end the conflict in Yemen and move to a stage of permanent peace, within the framework of an international interest between the countries of the region and Iran, noting that there are serious and real efforts to resolve conflicts in the region.

The sources made it clear that Yemenis have a great opportunity to sit at a negotiating table and accept solutions that end the conflict peacefully away from the language of weapons, and exploit international and regional efforts in this context.

And regarding the daily Houthi violations of the truce, the Yemeni army’s media center reported that the army and the resistance forces managed to thwart a large-scale attack by the militias towards its positions in the drug front, west of Ma’rib governorate, which incurred heavy losses.

Meanwhile, the army and resistance forces thwarted Houthi movements on the fronts west of Ma'rib, and dealt them a sudden blow that forced them to retreat to their previous positions.

He announced that 107 violations of the UN armistice were recorded on the fronts of Hodeidah, Taiz, Hajjah, Saada, Al-Jawf and Marib, during the past few hours.

Meanwhile, a civilian was killed when a landmine left behind by the Houthi militia exploded in Serwah district, while three injuries were recorded as a result of separate explosions of projectiles left by the militias in three Yemeni governorates.

In Al-Bayda, the forces stationed on the Thara front between Al-Bayda and Abyan responded to the Houthi violations by bombing Houthi positions in the area, which led to the burning of Houthi combat mechanisms that were recently pushed into the area with the aim of creating advanced positions in the contact areas between the two governorates.

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