Yemen’s internationally-recognised Government agreed on Sunday to extend peace talks with Shia rebels for another week, reversing an earlier decision to quit the negotiations hosted by Kuwait, according to Yemeni state television.
It said President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, following consultations with top aides, has agreed to proposals by UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed for the rebels to pull out of cities, including the capital Sanaa, and hand over weapons they looted from army depots within 45 days.
News of the decision to continue the talks was soon followed by a fresh wave of violence that underlines the country’s precarious security conditions.
In the southern port city of Aden, a pro-government militia leader was killed and three of his guards were wounded when a bomb planted in their car was remotely detonated, security officials said. They identified the militia commander as Saleh al-Geneidi, leader of a pro-government militia in lawdar, in the southern Abyan province.