After more than two months of negotiations, the UN special envoy for Yemen said Wednesday (June 29th) that the warring parties are taking a two-week break in peace talks, AFP reported.
UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the delegations would return to Kuwait on July 15th to "embark on a new phase" in the talks.
The break follows a flare-up in violence across Yemen on Tuesday that killed 80 people, nearly half of them civilians. It also coincides with Eid al-Fitr.
"After convening extensive discussions with the participants, we have established the main principles that will guide the next phase of Yemen talks," Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement.
"The two delegations will use the coming two weeks to meet their respective leaderships," he said.
They will then return "with practical recommendations on how to implement the necessary mechanisms that will enable them to sign a peace accord".
