The US on Tuesday (November 27th) told the UN Security Council that a draft resolution demanding a truce in Yemen should be put on hold until peace talks are held in Sweden in early December, AFP reported.
Britain presented the measure last week as the UN stepped up its diplomatic efforts to hold talks on ending the war in Yemen.
UN envoy Martin Griffiths is hoping to bring the Yemeni government and the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) to Sweden for negotiations that could begin as early as December 3rd, according to UN diplomats.
During UN negotiations on the British-drafted text, the US mission to the UN said "it will be important to take into account the results of the imminent talks in Stockholm which will be a key inflection point in the political process", according to an email message seen by AFP.
"We look forward to offering more substantive comments to the draft once we have more information on the outcomes of the upcoming consultations," said the US mission in the message sent on Tuesday to other council members.
The proposed resolution -- the first to be discussed by the council on Yemen since 2015 -- would significantly ratchet up pressure on the warring parties to seek a negotiated settlement.
