UN Proposes New Plan For Settling Yemeni Crisis

Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen Martin Griffiths has proposed two plans to stop war in Taiz, northwestern Yemen and Al Hudaydah Port, west of the country.

TEHRAN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Dec, 2018 ) :Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen Martin Griffiths has proposed two plans to stop war in Taiz, northwestern Yemen and Al Hudaydah Port, west of the country.

IRNA on Monday quoting Al Jazeera said it had obtained the draft copy of the two plans.

The UN envoy's plan consists of reopening crossings and airports based on the 2016 agreements in Dhahran, Al Jazeera reported.

The plan also emphasizes setting up a work group, including warring parties, with the attendance of the UN as observer.

The plan comprises of all-out stop of military operations such as air, drone and missile attacks and also emphasizes setting up security-military committee with the attendance of warring parties and the UN as observer.

The first round of the Yemeni peace talks were held on December 2015 in Geneva but the meeting brought no results.

Some 16,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of conflict.