Yemen, Houthi Group close to sign reconciliation deal

A senior Yemeni official said on Thursday the presidency and the Houthi Group has reached a reconciliation deal in an effort to end the current crisis in the capital city of Sanaa.

Faris Al-Saqqaf, an adviser to Transition President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi, told media the deal is yet to be officially signed and announced.
The deal calls for naming a new prime minister and forming a new government in 48 hours and has ensured to meet some demands of the Houthi Group in return for removing their tents and ending their protests from inside and outside the capital, he said.
Houthis have been protesting inside the capital and mobilizing outside it to demand the recently hike to fuel prices be competely revoked and the government resign.
They are continuing their protests after rejecting a recently national initiative which called for lowering the hiked fuel prices by 12% and forming a new government on the ground the initiative did not meet their demands properly.
Al-Saqqaf said the reconciliation deal also calls for further rollback of the recently hiked fuel prices, by around 12%.
Meanwhile, he affirmed that the presidency will not make concessions including dividing sovereign ministries among political factions and revoking the whole hike to the fuel prices. 
Meanwhile, the UN Special Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar is expected to oversee signing the reconciliation deal.
Benomar arrived Thursday in the country within his efforts to supervise on the West-backed political transition. He called on Yemeni factions to resolve their disputes and put their disagreements aside in order to address national issues and build a modern country.
"My current visit to Yemen was aimed at discussing the latest developments with President Hadi and all political partners in peaceful ways based on the Gulf Initiative, the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialog and the UN Security Council's resolutions," he said.
"Yemen is at a dangerous crossroads," he said, while condemning and regretting latest deadly events.

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