What After the Fruitful Talks of Sayyed AbdulMalik with UN Envoy?

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The United Nations’ envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, says he has held “fruitful” talks with the leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, Sayyed AbdulMalik al-Houthi, amid efforts to end fighting in the Red Sea port of Hudeida.

“I’m greatly reassured by the messages I have received, which have been positive and constructive,” Griffiths said during a press briefing at the Sana’a International Airport on Wednesday after two days of talks in the Yemeni capital.

“I’m especially thankful to Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, whom I met yesterday, for his support and the fruitful discussion we held,” Griffiths added.

The official also stated that he would brief the UN Security Council on Thursday on his latest talks in Yemen, where a brutal war by Saudi Arabia and its allies threatens to engulf Hudeidah, the entry point for desperately needed humanitarian aid.

In the coming days, the UN envoy is to meet Yemen’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. “All parties have not only underscored their strong desire for peace but have also engaged with me on concrete ideas for achieving peace.”

A key aim of the potential UN-hosted talks on Yemen could be to discuss a proposal for UN forces to take control of Hudeidah amid rising hostilities.

More than 15,000 people have been killed in over three years of a devastating Saudi campaign against Yemen. The war has badly affected Yemen’s infrastructure as hundreds of thousands remain displaced and in dire need of humanitarian aid.