Yemen govt, Houthis resume prisoner swap talks in Jordan

Sanaa, Jan 25 : The Yemeni government and Houthi rebels have resumed a new round of negotiations in Jordan on exchanging prisoners of war, Martin Griffiths, the UN Special Envoy for the war-torn country, said in a statement.
According to the statement, the fifth meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Prisoners and Detainees Exchange Agreement started on Sunday in Amman under the auspices of the world body, Xinhua news agency reported.
“The committee resumes discussions between the parties to the conflict in Yemen to discuss the release of more detainees following the release of 1,065 detainees last October,” Griffiths was quoted as saying in the statement.
“I urge the parties to prioritise in their discussions the immediate and unconditional release of all sick, wounded, elderly and children detainees as well as all arbitrarily detained civilians, including women,” the UN envoy added.
He also urged the parties “to discuss and agree on names beyond the Amman meeting lists to fulfil their Stockholm commitment of releasing all conflict-related detainees as soon as possible”.
Griffiths expressed his gratitude to Jordan for hosting the meeting.