A Saudi Arabian-led coalition lifts eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen's southern ports, in a sign that peace talks are progressing with the Iran-backed Houthi group in the north
A Saudi Arabian-led military coalition has lifted eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen's southern ports, the internationally recognised authorities said, in a sign that peace talks are progressing with the Houthi group in the north.
Abu Bakr Adeed, deputy head of Yemen's Chambers of Commerce, said ships would not have to stop at the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah for security checks for the first time since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015.This follows the easing of restrictions in February on commercial goods entering the Houthi-held western port of Hudaida, the country's main seaport, as Yemen's warring sides work to reinstate an expired UN-brokered truce deal.
The Houthis, who ousted the internationally recognised government from the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014, are de facto authorities in North Yemen. Sources have told Reuters that the Saudi-Houthi talks are focused on a full reopening of Houthi-controlled ports and Sanaa airport, payment of wages for public servants and a timeline for non-Yemeni forces to exit the country.
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