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Despite persistent fears that the current round will turn out to be what its predecessors achieved, a source close to the “Prisoners Affairs Committee” in the capital, Sanaa, confirmed to “Al-Akhbar” that there are signs of detente on the record, noting that the two sides exchanged lists of 1,400 prisoners on Saturday, he said, adding that the lists of names were also reviewed and comments were made on them. The source pointed out that “the current round comes as a continuation of the third one that was held in the Jordanian capital Amman in mid-February, in which a mechanism of stages was agreed for the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement signed on December 13, 2018 , after the other party refused to implement the agreement on the rule of all for all, that is, the exchange of all prisoners without division. The source emphasized that “the Sanaa delegation is making great efforts” to close this file, hoping that “the efforts of the United Nations and the International Committee of the International Red Cross will end the suffering of hundreds of prisoners and detainees”, and that this is “an encouraging start to move on to other stages.”
During the last days, the Montreux consultations were held directly between the two parties, in the presence of representatives of the “International Committee of the Red Cross” and representatives of the countries of the aggressive coalition. Contrary to usual, the consultations carried out by the UN deputy envoy in Yemen, Muin Shuraim, did not suffer any tension, despite the divergence of opinions on some of the names mentioned in the statements presented by the president’s government delegation. outgoing, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, during the first days of negotiations, sought to confirm the release of his brother, Nasser, who has been in prison in Sana’a since 2015, and several high-ranking military and civilian leaders, whom Sana ‘ a believes that releasing her at some point may hamper the implementation of the agreement. According to human rights sources in Sanaa, the Hadi government delegation demanded the release, during the first stage, of the brother of the resigned president, 17 foreigners, five Sudanese and 12 Saudis, including five included in the initiative of the leader of the movement “Ansar Allah “, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, presented on March 26. Last March, the judge released five Saudis, including a pilot, in exchange for the release of Hamas members detained in the Kingdom.
The Sabiha tribes accused the Hadi delegation of removing the name of the former defense minister from their list.
As a result of the consultations so far, human rights sources from the Hadi government report that it has been agreed between the two parties to release the four leaders covered by Security Council Resolution 2216, but in batches, according to the following: The former minister Mahmoud Al-Subaihi after the first round, Major General Nasser Mansour Hadi (Hadi’s brother) Major General Faisal Rajab, commander of the Fourth Military Region, loyal to the resigning president and leader of the “reform party “Muhammad Qahtan, during the three rounds that follow the current first round of negotiations. The current round includes the exchange of 1,400 prisoners, including 900 from the army and people’s committees, and 520 from the other side, including the Saudis. After exchanging and reviewing the lists, the date and place of the exchange process will be determined, to move to the second stage, which includes the formation of field committees to recover the bodies, with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. from all fronts and regions. If the first two phases are carried out within a specified period of time without obstacles, a new round of consultations will be agreed, leading to the release of 16,000 prisoners from both sides.
Parallel to the Montreux consultations, the Sabiha tribes of the Lahj (southern) governorate, to which the former Defense Minister belonged, accused the outgoing president of removing Subaihi’s name from the list presented by his delegation in the consultations and replace Hadi’s brother with him. This coincided with Hadi’s deputy, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, able to free his son Mohsen and a family member in a swap deal through local mediation in the middle of the week. According to local sources in the Sanhan district, the hometown of the general, Al-Ahmar’s son and brother were not detained by “Ansar Allah”, as claimed by some of his loyalists, but were instead placed under house arrest in the palace. from his father south of Sanaa. On the other hand, the cleric, Yahya Al-Dailami, and his companion, who were arrested at one of the Islah party security points in early August 2019, were released when they returned from performing the Hajj. A source from the “National Committee for Prisoner Affairs” in Sanaa said the committee was able to free several of the army and kidnapped committees, and “among them is academic Yahya Al-Dailami, as part of an exchange agreement with the forces of aggression on the fronts of Ma’rib “.
On the sidelines of the Montreux consultations, intense meetings were held between the Governor of the Central Bank of Sana’a, Hashem Al-Moayad, and the UN Deputy Envoy, on the salary file of state employees and the file of the ship floating “Safer”.
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