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UN Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to the media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

UN Envoy to Submit to Hadi New Initiative for Crisis Resolution

by Said Al-Abyad | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – UN Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to meet with Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and ministers in the Yemeni government, to present highlights of his new initiative for a political solution in...

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. (AFP)

Yemen UN Envoy Underlines ‘Transparent’ Contacts with Houthis

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Oct 14, 2017 | Middle East

London – An official at the office of United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed denied on Friday that any of his aides had contacted Houthi leaders residing in Beirut. The official told Asharq Al-Awsat that the envoy had never even traveled...

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Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi speaks to media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Yemen Cautiously Welcomes New UN Initiative

by Said Al-Abyad | Oct 12, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Yemen’s Deputy Premier and Foreign Affairs Minister Abdul-Malek al-Mekhlafi said that the new initiative put forward by UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed for a political solution in Yemen was unclear. “We haven’t received any details about it,”...

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UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to reporters in Sana’a, Yemen on November 7, 2016. (Reuters)

Yemen Envoy Ould Cheikh Resumes Talks after Getting Term Extension

by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 23, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, London and New York – United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will commence a new round of consultations in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman aimed at finding the basis for resuming negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi...

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Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mekhlafi and deputy to UN special envoy for Yemen Ma’ain Shuraim in Riyadh on Saturday. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Deputy of UN Yemen Envoy Heads to Sana’a

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East

London – Preparations are ongoing by the new deputy to United Nations special envoy for Yemen Ma’ain Shuraim to head to Sana’a to tackle the settlement file, diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Sources from UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould...