Prisoner swap negotiations start in Amman

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said in a statement that the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels met on Sunday in Jordan's capital Amman, beginning a new round of talks on the swap of prisoners.
Griffiths included "The fifth meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Prisoners and Detainees Exchange Agreement has started today in Amman."
He further noted "The committee resumes discussions between the parties to the conflict in Yemen to discuss the release of more detainees following the release of 1,065 detainees last October."
The official expressed in the statement, "I urge the parties to prioritize in their discussions the immediate and unconditional release of all sick, wounded, elderly and children detainees as well as all arbitrarily detained civilians, including women."
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