Dubai: A renewed push to end the nine-year war in Yemen has gained momentum with Saudi Arabia praising the ‘positive’ results of highest-level negotiations with an Al Houthi delegation, and a ‘productive’ meeting of the US, UAE, and Saudi Arabia held in New York, Gulf News said in a report on Wednesday.
Marking the end of Al Houthis’ trip, the Saudi foreign ministry in a statement early Wednesday “welcomed the positive results of the serious discussions regarding reaching a roadmap to support the peace path in Yemen”, the report added.
The kingdom reaffirmed its commitment to promoting dialogue among all warring parties in Yemen, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said after meeting the Al Houthi delegation in Riyadh.
“We look forward to the success of these critical discussions,” Prince Khalid wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
As the Riyadh talks ended, top diplomats of the US, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
It was a “productive meeting” with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “We discussed the urgent need for a durable resolution to the conflict in Yemen, and other priorities,” Blinken wrote on X.
