\nSANAA: Yemen’s government has given the Houthis 24 hours to get to Geneva to attend UN-sponsored talks after the militia refused to turn up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Houthi\u00a0milita\u00a0said on Thursday, the day the talks were scheduled to begin, that they would not join the consultations until their conditions are met, accusing the United Nations of failing to keep its promises.<\/p>\n
\nThe Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, which includes Saudi Arabia, said the Yemen government has given the Houthi delegation, which is still in Sanaa, a 24 hour deadline to arrive in Geneva.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nCoalition spokesman\u00a0Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the\u00a0Houthis are not serious about the Geneva talks.<\/p>\n
\nYemeni foreign Minister said Khaled al-Yamani said the government will not wait \u201cindefinitely\u201d for the Houthis to decide on wether they will attend the talks.<\/p>\n
\nAl-Yamani added that a decision on wether to remain or quit Geneva talks will come out in the next hours.<\/p>\n
\nHameed Assem, a member of the Houthi delegation scheduled to attend the talks, claimed the UN had not met three conditions that had been previously agreed.<\/p>\n
\nThe conditions include the transport of wounded Houthis\u00a0to Oman, the repatriation of rebels\u00a0who have already received treatment there and a guarantee that the Houthi\u00a0delegation would be allowed to return to the rebel-held capital Sanaa after the talks.<\/p>\n
\nEarlier, the Houthis said in a statement to AFP that it is impossible for the group to leave Sanaa in order to participate in the Geneva consultations because a plane was not available.<\/p>\n
\nThey also said that they could not attend the talks due to the absence of guarantees that they would be able to return to the capital, and that the United Nations was unable to obtain a license from coalition countries to provide a Omani plane to transport the Houthi delegation and the wounded.<\/p>\n
\nThe Houthis did not specify in the statement the identity or number of wounded they wished to transport.<\/p>\n
\nIn response, Yemeni media published a permit issued by the Yemeni Civil Aviation Authority in which it approved a private plane to transport the Houthi militia\u2019s delegation to Geneva.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nSources in Geneva said the UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths had met with the Yemeni government delegation to discuss the matter, and that the delegation informed him that consultations could not begin until the Houthi delegation arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nOn Wednesday, Griffiths said they were working on getting the Houthi delegation to Geneva.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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