Griffiths threatens “Hadi government” with deterrent consequences

SANAA, Oct. 30 (YPA) – The UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, threatened Hadi government with deterrent consequences, if it does not agree to the “Joint Declaration” to end the crisis in Yemen, before the end of November 2021, Zawya Arabic reported, citing diplomatic sources.

According to Zawya Arabic, the draft joint declaration contains clauses calling for a halt to the war first, while the forces of  warning parties remaining in their current positions, and then going to negotiations for a political solution.

The site noted that the terms of the joint declaration are in line with proposals submitted by Sana’a last April.

The sources confirmed that “Griffiths” handed a copy of that draft to all parties, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, and Oman, but the “Hadi government”, considered it dictated to carry out what it described as “the wishes of the Houthis” according to the Egyptian news site.

The sources expressed concern about Saudi Arabia’s position on the draft, which it described as “humiliating for the Arab alliance and the so-called Hadi government.”

Diplomatic sources explained that the document calls for quasi-economic measures, namely the opening of roads and ports, especially Taiz. This (preceded by this condition in the Stockholm Agreement), non-obstruction of movement between Yemeni regions and cities, and the opening of Yemeni airports to travel, especially Sana’a airport.

According to the sources, the joint declaration document is very close to the terms of the Stockholm Agreement, which the Yemeni government signed in December 2018.

Hadi’s government yesterday rejected British Ambassador’s call to speed up negotiations to sign the “joint declaration”, calling his remarks “a dictation to the government of legitimacy.”

E.M