International and international powers led by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations are making great efforts to extend the UN truce in Yemen, which expires on Thursday.
Sources are likely to announce an extension of the truce, despite the difficulties associated with reopening the Taiz roads, around which the Houthis behave uncompromisingly and practice political blackmail.
The arrival of U.S. envoy Timothy Linderking and the new U.S. ambassador to Aden, and their meeting with the Yemeni leadership, in addition to the European Union ambassadors present in Aden, are part of efforts to make the extension of the truce a success, the sources said.
It comes at a time when the UN envoy to Yemen is in Muscat to meet with a Houthi delegation to convince them to extend the truce and open the ports of Taiz.
For his part, he warned against a continuation of the siege imposed by the Houthis on the city of Taiz and their refusal to comply with the terms of the UN truce, saying that this would lead to a catastrophic situation.
Abdul-Malik’s statements came during his meeting with the new U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Feigin, and U.S. Ambassador Lenderking, where Abdul-Malik stressed that this requires international pressure on al-Houthi and his supporters.
