GENEVA – In Geneva,UN brokered Yemen peace talks have collapsed after threedays of waiting for Houthi delegation.
U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths at a press conference in Geneva today,however, did not signify the peace process was deadlocked.
The United Nations envoy vowed to press ahead with diplomacy and said hewould meet in coming days with the Houthi leadership in Sanaa and Muscat.
Yemeni foreign minister Khaled al-Yamani, who led the governmentdelegation, at a separate news conference before leaving the Swiss cityaccused the Houthis of being totally irresponsible and trying to sabotagethe negotiations.
Yamani also strongly criticized the UN envoy Griffiths of being not firmerwith Houthi’s in bringing them to the negotiations.
The Houthi group, on the other hand ,said it was still waiting for theUnited Nations to guarantee that the flight carrying its delegation toGeneva would not be inspected by Saudi coalition forces and could evacuatesome of its wounded.