The Yemeni legitimate government and Houthi militias have agreed to begin opening humanitarian corridors as part of confidence-building measures, starting with the key coastal road between the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah, the United Nations said late Friday.
More routes are scheduled to be cleared, and a humanitarian convoy is scheduled to move from the port city along the Hodeidah-Sanaa road on Saturday, it said in a report published on the UN website.
The UN-brokered body made up of both government and Houthi representatives is known officially as the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), chaired by retired Dutch General, Patrick Cammaert, with the support of UN personnel.
According to the report, the three-day meeting of the RCC followed on from the formal start of the ceasefire on December 25.
The first phase of putting the ceasefire deal – which was reached in Stockholm - into action is based on three priority areas: maintaining the ceasefire, confidence-building measures to deliver humanitarian assistance, and redeployment of fighters, said the UN.
The parties are set to present detailed plans for full redeployment to Cammaert in the next committee meeting in Hodeidah on Tuesday, it added.
