{"id":24542,"date":"2018-12-06T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24542"},"modified":"2018-12-06T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:24:01","slug":"british-ambassador-to-yemen-posts-video-in-arabic-giving-updates-on-stockholm-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24542","title":{"rendered":"British ambassador to Yemen posts video in Arabic giving updates on Stockholm talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<h2>British ambassador to Yemen posts video in Arabic giving updates on Stockholm talks<\/h2>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1416486\/middle-east\" readability=\"77.2427815207\">\n<p>\nDUBAI: The British ambassador to Yemen posted a video speaking in Arabic and giving updates on the peace talks taking place in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>\nMichael Aron said he will be posting updates during the peace talks between Yemen\u2019s warring sides in an attempt to provide some level of transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI believe it is very important for Yemenis to understand what is going on here in the consultations,\u201d Aron said in a video that was posted on the Twitter account of the British embassy in Sanaa.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe British ambassador said he would be accompanying the UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, to the peace talks which are expected to begin on Thursday at Johannesburg Castle, north of the Swedish capital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"6.14901960784\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0634\u0627\u0648\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0633\u062a\u0648\u0643\u0647\u0648\u0644\u0645 &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a.<br \/>\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0629 \u0628\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0643\u0644 \u0622\u0631\u0648\u0646.<\/p>\n<p>Stockholm talks &#8211; Part1 &#8211; An Ambassador Tale.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/digitaldiplomacy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#digitaldiplomacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vmcNn4k1f8\">pic.twitter.com\/vmcNn4k1f8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BritishEmbassySanaa (@UKinYemen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKinYemen\/status\/1070306249387008000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, a 12-member government delegation, led by Yemeni Foreign Minister, Khaled Al-Yamani, arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday evening, a day after the Houthi delegation flew in from Sanaa \u2014 accompanied by the UN envoy.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe talks mark the first meeting between Yemen\u2019s legitimate government and Houthi militants, backed by Iran, since 2016, when 106 days of negotiations yielded no breakthrough in a war that has pushed 14 million people to the brink of famine.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sweden meeting follows two major confidence-boosting gestures between the warring parties \u2014 a prisoner swap deal and the evacuation of 50 wounded insurgents from the Houthi-held capital for treatment in neutral Oman.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe government delegation was carrying the \u201chopes of the Yemeni people to achieve sustainable peace,\u201d said Abdullah Al-Alimi, the head of exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe delegation had delayed its departure until the Houthis had arrived in Stockholm after they failed to show up for the last UN bid to convene peace talks in September, sources close to the government told AFP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British ambassador to Yemen posts video in Arabic giving updates on Stockholm talks DUBAI: The British ambassador to Yemen posted a video speaking in Arabic and giving updates on the peace talks taking place in Stockholm. 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