Yemen 24: A Webblog about Yemen

By: Moneer Al-Omari The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has embarked on a new round of consultations with the relevant parties and stakeholders in the conflict with the aim of securing their initial consent and negotiating what he calls the elements of the peace framework in preparation for forthcoming peace negotiations. “I encourage al l parties to secure the right conditions for them to come together around the table in a consensus to build peace, ” Griffiths said. In his most recent visit to the area last week, Griffiths met with the spokesperson of the Houthi Movement, Mohammed Abdulsalam, who has been in Oman for the last few months. Griffiths was, according to some Houthi sources, planning to fly to Sana'a to meet with other leaders of the Houthi movement, as well as some leaders of the General People Congress (GPC), but it was unclear why his visit was postponed . Prior to his visit to Oman, Griffiths was in Riyadh where he met with th