UN envoy to Yemen in Sanaa calling for de-escalation talks‏

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UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has arrived in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday to hold talks with the Houthi rebel movement on reducing the military escalation between the warring parties, a local diplomatic source said according to Sputnik.

During his second visit to Yemen in the course of one week, Griffiths will discuss de-escalation measures with the Houthis group leadership after the resumption of armed clashes in the provinces of Al Jawf and Marib in the country's northeast, the source said.

According to the source, the UN special envoy is also "putting pressure on the warring parties to hold a new round of crisis settlement talks."

Griffiths also intends to discuss the situation around prisoners' exchange and preparations for the launch of direct flights from Sana'a International Airport to Cairo and Amman to transport citizens in need of treatment to Egypt and Jordan.