US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed peace efforts in Yemen with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Thursday (February 21st), AFP reported.
Pompeo and the UN chief "discussed the situation in Yemen, in particular the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement and the importance of the parties to begin phase 1 of the redeployment from al-Hodeidah," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) have agreed on the first phase of a redeployment of forces from the Red Sea port of al-Hodeidah, in line with a ceasefire deal reached in Sweden in December.
UN envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Tuesday that he expected the pullback of forces to begin in the coming days, but by Thursday there had been no movement on the ground.
