The head of the Yemeni delegation to the talks, Muhammad Abd al-Salam, pointed out that “the efforts of the brothers in the Sultanate of Oman provided an opportunity to extend the truce, and we reaffirm the importance of intensive work by the United Nations to pay wages, open the airport and port and end the siege.”

Abdul Salam noted that “humanitarian issues are the natural rights of the Yemeni people, and their urgent solution is necessary for the transition to more serious and stable stages.”

Reuters previously reported, citing two informed sources, that “the UN is pushing the Yemeni parties to agree to an extension of the truce for another six months, the longest in the seven-year conflict, with mounting international pressure to end the war.” The two sources indicated that “UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grunberg must consider the grievances of both sides before they agree to an additional extension of the two-month truce, which first went into effect last April.”

On June 2 last year, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Yemen announced the approval by the parties in Yemen of the UN proposal to extend the truce in force in the Arab country from April 2 last year. for another two months ending in early August.