Kuwait sets 15-day deadline for Yemeni parties to reach peace deal

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KUWAIT, 21st July, 2016 (WAM) -- Kuwait has set a 15-day deadline period for Yemeni parties to reach a peace agreement during the current UN-brokered negotiations, according to Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister, Khaled Al-Jarallah.

"We have set 15 days to Yemeni parties for settling matters," he said in a statement to Arabia TV, adding, "We, from the very beginning, have agreed with the parties to conduct negotiations within a timetable. Kuwait has been hosting the talks for a long time and this is enough," he noted.

According to Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, during a meeting today with UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, renewed Kuwait's stance of supporting the envoy's efforts in making a success of the peace talks.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed, meanwhile, held meetings with delegations of the Ansar Allah movement and General People's Congress, as well as with the Yemeni government delegation within the framework of peace talks.