The US demand for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen never happened, with US-backed factions continuing to attack the port city of Hodeidah. US promises of Yemen peace talks in November are also now being postponed.
Officials are presenting the talks, despite initially being presented as happening some time this month, as being set for early December. Now, they say if the talks happen at all, it will be in late December.
Some diplomats are suggesting the postponement is because of concerns that the Houthis won’t show up. The Houthis did not attend the previous talks, because they could not get assurances from the Saudis that their delegation would be allowed to safely travel, and the US seems no more willing to offer such assurances.
Indeed, the Trump Administration seems to be sending mixed signals on its position anyhow, with talk they are going to back away from the peace process, and instead just declare the Houthi movement to be “terrorists.”
“US sends mixed signals on plans for Yemen”
Really? They don’t look mixed to me.
Next week the ceasefire will be set for July.
The “world leader” US and its puppet UN are helpless to stop the carnage. Even negotiations are impossible, never mind any order to KSA and UAE to stop what they’re doing.
>Oct 30: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called for a ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days, seeking to end the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led bombing campaign against Houthi rebels supported by Iran and negotiate a peace.
>Oct 31: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and said U.N.-led negotiations to end the civil war should begin next month.
>Nov 2: The Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths stressed the importance of turning the calls for de-escalation in Yemen into action. Griffiths warned that “the alternative is devastating. It’s famine, of course, which is a viral disease, completely different in scale from hunger. That’s the first problem. Secondly, it’s terrorism which flourishes in chaos. Thirdly, it’s threats to the stability of the region, the trade routes which come up through the Red Sea into Europe. Yemen is positioned in a way which affects us all, not just the people of the region.”
>Nov 8: The Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, reiterated in an interview with Al Hurra TV that the political solution is the only way to end the war in Yemen. He stressed that he is working to overcome all obstacles to be able to call for a new round of consultations before the end of this year, adding that the parties have repeatedly expressed their desire to return to the negotiations table.
The United States and Russia need to start food aid to Yemen right now . No body will dare try stop the two most Christian countries in the world
The two most Christian countries in the world are the Pitcairn Islands (100%) and East Timor (99.15). The US ranks 91st with 71%. Russia ranks 102nd with 46.6%.
If USA has 330 million people 71 % would be over 200 million what’s the population of the Pitcairn Islands What other countries have more Christians .
Most Christians I know are less like Christians than I am and I’m an atheist.
At least you know how Christian are supposed to act your father or mother must have been Christians
Yemen says don’t worry.
Anybody have a clue what “mercenaries from Dale’s sons” (last sentence) means? I can’t find the meaning. I can guess, but that’s not enough.