![People march with the flags of south Yemen, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, as a portrait is raised of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, during a demonstration titled the "million-man march of gratitude for Saudi Arabia and the UAE", in the centre of the second city of Aden on September 5th. [Saleh al-Obeidi/AFP]](/cnmi_am/images/2019/11/04/20731-Yemen-Aden-march-700_496.webp)
Yemen's internationally recognised government will sign an agreement with southern separatists on Tuesday (November 5th) aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country's long-running civil war, Yemeni and Saudi officials said.
The power-sharing deal would see the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) handed a number of ministries, and the government return to the main southern city of Aden.
Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani tweeted that an official signing ceremony for the "Riyadh Agreement" would take place in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will represent the UAE, the main partner in the Saudi-led coalition backing Hadi's government, Saudi ambassador to Yemen Mohammed al-Jaber tweeted.
The UAE-backed Security Belt Forces -- dominated by the STC -- in August took control of Aden, which had served as the beleaguered government's base since it was ousted from Sanaa by the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) in 2014.
The clashes between the separatists and unionist supporters of the government, who for years fought on the same side against the Houthis, had raised fears the country could break apart entirely.
In recent weeks, the government and the separatists have been holding discreet indirect talks mediated by Saudi Arabia in the kingdom's western city of Jeddah.
Sources on both sides have said that the parties struck a power-sharing deal.
Saudi Arabia's Al-Ekhbariya state television has reported a government of 24 ministers would be formed, "divided equally between the southern and northern provinces of Yemen".
Under the deal, the Yemeni prime minister would return to Aden to "reactivate state institutions", it added.
Al-Ekhbariya said the Saudi-led coalition would oversee a "joint committee" to implement the agreement.
There is sovereign deviation, Jewish escalation, Saudi manipulation, deception of southerners, and UAE colonisation. For who are you selling your consciences and nation? And for who are you selling your honour by allowing Jews to control your nation? (And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion) and (And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able).
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This is a useless, unjust agreement that was made as per you own whims. You’ve ignored a government that is resisting a global aggression on Yemen and a Zionist-Saudi plot to hit peoples and create conflicts for forces that are loyal to global Zionism. This is to rebuilt Israel and convert Arabs to Judaism. Who are the prophets of the Israelites today?!! They’re Al Saud.
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