Head of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard, visited on Tuesday the Yemeni ports of Hodeidah, Saleef and Ras Issa to verify the redeployment of the Iran-backed Houthi militias.
The UN mission said it supports the Hodeidah agreement, adding that “the team is monitoring this redeployment, which has been executed, partly as agreed by the Yemeni parties in the concept of phase one.”
Lollesgaard welcomed the handing over of the security of the ports to the coast guard and the efforts to remove all military deployment at the facilities.
There is still a lot of work to be done, but cooperation has been very good, he said.
Lollesgaard revealed that the current steps in Hodeidah are significant as the first part of the broader redeployments in the port city, to which both Yemeni parties continue to express their commitment.
He also urged the parties to finalize the outstanding negotiations to allow for a full implementation of phases one and two of the Hodeidah agreement.
In a related development, Yemeni warring parties kicked off on Tuesday indirect UN-sponsored talks in the Jordanian capital to discuss economic issues that could ease the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country. Among the issues discussed was sharing revenues from Hodeidah’s three Red Sea ports.
Head of Technical Office for Consultations, member of the government's team Mohammed al-Amrani told Asharq Al-Awsat that talks in Amman between the legitimate government and Houthis are indirect.
He said the meetings, held in the presence of representatives from the UN Development Program, monetary fund, World Bank and World Food Program, could be extended until Wednesday if they yield positive results.
