Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said Tuesday (November 13th) her country is ready to host peace talks as soon as possible to try and negotiate an end to the war in Yemen, AFP reported.
"We are preparing ourselves to, when the parties are ready, welcome them in Sweden," she told Swedish news agency TT.
"We are also relying on (UN envoy) Martin Griffiths for this and hope it will happen. It is needed for everyone who is starving and dying in Yemen," she added. "It is high time for peace talks."
Wallstrom said she hoped the negotiations could begin this month.
The UAE said Wednesday it supports the plan for peace talks to be held in Sweden by the year's end.
"We welcome early convening of UN-led talks in Sweden," said the UAE state minister for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, in a social media post.
Gargash said the pro-government coalition would "urge all parties to take advantage of window of opportunity to restart the political process" at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday.
Washington, London and Paris, as well as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, have called for an end to the fighting and the resumption of negotiations to bring an end to the war.
At the end of October, Griffiths said he hoped the warring parties could meet in Sweden in November, after talks in Geneva in September collapsed.
