Ould Cheikh announce about an agreement in Kuwait talks‏

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Ould Cheikh
Ould Cheikh

The UN envoy to Yemen announced that the Yemeni peace talk parties agreed on releasing all minors prisoners .

Ould Cheikh said Monday on Twitter "regarding to the prisoners and detainees committee they agreed on the unconditional release of children they also touched on the details and the mechanics of the release of a number of detainees in the next few days."

There is no any comment from the talks parties on the UN envoy annoucement.

The number of minors prisoners detained by each party is unclear , but Yemeni political sources said that Houthi and government delegation gave the UN envoy late May a list included about 7 thousands of detainees' names.

According to Human Rights Watch which responsible of pursue the human rights situation in the world, the two sides are recruiting children to fight and UNICEF said that there are 900 child were killed and 1300 injured during 2015 in the Yemen war.