Yemeni Huthis Rebels reject UN draft peace plan
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KUWAIT CITY - Yemeni government delegation to peace talks left Kuwait on Monday after the rebel side rejected a draft peace plan proposed by the United Nations, its representatives said.
"We now leave Kuwait... but are not quitting the consultations and not ending them before August 7," said the delegation head, Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mikhlafi.
UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed set August 7 as the date for winding up the talks that began April but have failed to achieve any breakthrough towards ending Yemen s conflict.
"We will return any minute... if the other side agrees to sign" the UN proposal, which was accepted by the government but rejected by the rebels, Mikhlafi told reporters at Kuwait airport.
Government delegation spokesman Mohammed al-Emrani earlier told: "We are leaving today after having completed our part in the talks.
"The ball is now in the rebels court."
The delegation was returning to Riyadh, where it is based, after informing the UN envoy that it was ready to sign the proposed peace plan, Emrani said.
