ADEN, Feb 17 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations announced on Sunday that, the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebel group, agreed on a detailed plan to conduct a large-scale exchange of prisoners.
The exchange of prisoners is the largest since the beginning of the conflict, in a move towards the fulfilment of the parties’ commitment to the phased release of all conflict-related detainees, according to the Stockholm Agreement.
After concluding a seven-day meeting in Jordan’s capital Amman, representatives of the warring parties decided to immediately begin with exchanging the lists of prisoners for the release, the UN said in a statement.
The statement considered the meeting as “the third round of deliberations for the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of Prisoners’ Exchange Agreement, since the Stockholm consultations in late 2018.”
“The committee brings together delegations from the parties to the conflict, as well as, representatives from the Arab coalition,” the statement said.
The Houthi rebels said, their representatives agreed to exchange around 1,400 prisoners, including Sudanese and Saudi soldiers, in accordance with the Stockholm Agreement.– NNN-SABA
