Yemen’s President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced on Thursday that he was handing over his powers to a new council to lead the country.
” I irreversibly delegate my full powers to this presidential council “said the president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a refugee in Saudi Arabia since 2015, in a televised statement, on the last day of peace talks in Saudi Arabia. He also sacked Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.
The new presidential council will be made up of eight members and will be led by Rashad al-Alimi, a former interior minister and adviser to the head of state.
This ad is “one of the most significant changes in the anti-Houthi bloc since the start of the war », estimated on Twitter Peter Salisbury, long Crisis Groupwhile affirming that the implementation of these new provisions “ will be complicated to say the least “.
For its part, Saudi Arabia has announced aid of three billion dollars to the country. This change ” will open a new page hopes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, quoted by the official Saudi press agency.
Since 2014, nearly 380,000 people have died in this war between pro-government forces, backed since 2015 by a military coalition led by neighboring Saudi Arabia, and Houthi rebels backed by Iran. For the first time, a two-month truce was announced between the belligerents last Saturday.
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(With AFP)