{"id":14005,"date":"2018-09-06T02:24:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T02:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14005"},"modified":"2018-09-06T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T02:24:33","slug":"yemen-government-demands-houthis-release-slain-salehs-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14005","title":{"rendered":"Yemen government demands Houthis release slain Saleh\u2019s body"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1367286\/middle-east\" readability=\"90\">\n<p>\nJEDDAH: Yemen\u2019s government will demand the release of the body of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killed by Houthi militias last year, at upcoming peace talks in Geneva, Yemen\u2019s Information Minister Moammer Al-Eryan said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\nSaleh, for decades the most powerful politician in troubled Yemen, was killed by Iran-backed Houthis in December.<\/p>\n<p>\nPresident Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi will demand the militias release Saleh\u2019s body via a government delegation at the UN-sponsored talks in Geneva, which open Thursday, said Al-Eryan. \u201cThis is an important message that all within (Saleh\u2019s) General People\u2019s Congress should take into consideration to turn the page of the past and move forward toward the future to restore the state,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\nEryan said the government will also demand the release of Saleh\u2019s sons, believed to be detained by the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to one of his relatives, Saleh was buried in his village outside of Sanaa in a funeral attended by 20 people under the strict watch of the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, the UN envoy for Yemen said Wednesday that \u201cconsultations\u201d in Geneva between the warring parties offered a \u201cflickering signal of hope\u201d after years of conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe people of Yemen &#8230; are desperately in need of a signal of hope. We would like to think that the work we will do together in these next days will begin to send a flickering signal of hope to them,\u201d UN envoy Martin Griffiths said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThat meeting is expected to take place in a Geneva hotel, as are any other meetings that might happen on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo we are not going to waste time, and we are looking forward to getting our friends from Sanaa here and participating fully in the consultations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nGriffiths emphasized that the Geneva talks were \u201cnot formal negotiations,\u201d but said they aimed to pave the way towards bringing the parties back to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe talks also seek to put in place a range of so-called confidence-building measures, which could prisoner swaps and the vaccination of children, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThere is a chance for some tangible progress,\u201d he said, adding that he hoped to get the two sides to sit at the same table during the consultations, which are expected to last a couple of days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEDDAH: Yemen\u2019s government will demand the release of the body of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killed by Houthi militias last year, at upcoming peace talks in Geneva, Yemen\u2019s Information Minister Moammer Al-Eryan said on Wednesday. Saleh, for decades the most powerful politician in troubled Yemen, was killed by Iran-backed Houthis in December. 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