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GENEVA (Reuters) – A Yemen sends Martin Griffiths to the warring parties in Yemen, and he said they were ready to talk, he said in a radio interview late on Thursday.
Griffiths said that in the last few days he had met President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the southern city of Aden, temporary headquarters of the exiled government, and Mohammed Abdul-Salam, chief negotiator of the Houthi group fighting against the government.
"Both parties have confirmed their willingness to come to the table to restart negotiations. I think it's long overdue that that should take place. It has been about two years since the last talks on Yemen. "
He said he believed that he had a major role in Hodeidah, which is a vital lifeline for Yemen's population.
The Houthis had offered the United States a role in the management of the United States, and said that it had been agreed that it should be continued.
"At the moment we are still in negotiations to make a decision to avoid an attack, and more importantly, and this is where I think we are going, attack on Hodeidah or the move towards war will be avoided. "
Griffiths expected more talks with the Houthis in the next few days.
There were 1 million Yemenis fighting and it would be a massive task to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate them, but that was the priority for the ordinary people of Yemen, he said.
"The aim of the peace process I hope we can begin the future of the state of government." [Yemenanewgovernmentofthenationalunitythemonopolyofforceweconsidernormalineveryothercountry19659012] Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Catherine Evans
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