After eight years of aggression, Saudi Arabia is said to have informed the Yemeni presidential leadership council of the decision to end the devastating war in Yemen and to restore peace.
According to Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV network reported on Friday, citing reliable sources, that Saudi officials recently informed the chairman and members of the council, which was established in April following the resignation of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, of the peace plan.
According to sources, Prince Khalid bin Salman, the Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia, briefed the council on Riyadh’s plan to end the crisis in Yemen. The Saudis want to extend the UN-brokered truce with the Sana’a government for a year under an agreement.
According to the report, in exchange for Sana’a’s acceptance of the truce, Riyadh will promise to pay the salaries of public servants, open the port of Hodeidah, and assist in resolving Yemen’s currency issues.
According to the sources, the renewal of the truce will be contingent on Riyadh making an official announcement about the end of the war and Saudi interference in Yemeni affairs.
As per the report, Yemeni discussions with the oversight of the Unified Countries and the help of Riyadh will begin following the finish of the conflict and will expect to secure a settlement in a two-drawn-out temporary period.
The sources emphasized that Riyadh’s decision is “almost final” despite the fact that it is still studying and discussing the plan.
On the other side of the coin, in response to the reports, the Ansarullah movement in Yemen’s spokesman stated that the group would continue its efforts to put an end to the aggression and establish peace.
Al Mayadeen quoted the Sana’a negotiating delegation’s head, Mohammed Abdul Salam, as saying, “We pursue our efforts through negotiations to end the aggression and lift the siege, and we hope that the efforts will be crowned with a peace agreement.”
The new peace plan will be implemented in three phases, according to a report in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. According to a Saudi-owned media outlet, the first phase of the peace deal would include a nationwide ceasefire, the reopening of all land, air, and sea routes, the merger of the central banks, and comprehensive prisoner exchanges.
After that, a period of transition would be followed by direct negotiations between the parties to determine the Yemenis’ ideal state.
According to the source, it expected a truce to be pronounced before long, for the ceasefire to be combined, and for battling to stop at the front lines, which will take weeks to implement other arrangements.
