The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, renewed his call on the Yemeni parties to begin negotiations to discuss economic issues that affect the lives of the Yemenis, while local media revealed the place and time of those negotiations.

May Al-Sheikh, Director of the Strategic Communication and Media Department at the Office of the UN Envoy for Yemen, said in press statements that Envoy Grundberg renewed his invitation to the Yemeni government and the Houthis to meet under the auspices of the United Nations. To discuss economic issues that affect the lives of all Yemenis, including the issue of the banking sector.
She added that Grundberg’s office “renews its commitment to continuing to push for this dialogue to be held between the two parties because of its belief that dialogue, in good faith and without preconditions, is the best way to address economic issues.” The current situation, and reaching solutions that give priority to the interests of the Yemenis.”
Al-Sheikh explained that the envoy had informed the Security Council of his continued efforts to hold direct talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthis in this context last June.

A long time ago and the negotiations were 
In addition,  local media quoted economic sources as saying, “The office of the UN envoy to Yemen sent an invitation to the Yemeni government and the Iranian Houthi gang,  to participate in a new round of negotiations on the economic file, after the recent escalation  in... The banking and monetary aspect.
According to the sources, the envoy asked the Yemeni government to submit the names of the negotiating government delegation before the end of this July, to participate in a round of negotiations that will be held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, at the end of the month, or in the first week of next August.
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Houthi rejection 
These developments come despite the Houthis surprising the UN envoy with their categorical refusal to participate in any economic dialogue, confirming that they had informed Grundberg’s office of the envoy’s “categorical refusal” to go to the dialogue that the envoy had called for, and that there would not be any negotiation except within the framework Discussing the implementation of the agreed-upon roadmap.

Axes of the negotiations 
According to local media, the economic negotiations will focus on ending the monetary division, neutralizing the banking sector, re-exporting oil, and paying employee salaries, in addition to the Yemenia Airlines file.

The Presidential Council, in its emergency meeting, announced its adherence to a clear schedule for resuming oil exports, unifying the national currency, and abolishing all arbitrary Houthi measures against the banking sector, as a condition for participating in any dialogue on the economic file, and affirming its continued deterrence of the arbitrary practices of the Iranian Houthi gang. , stressing that he will exercise the utmost flexibility in entering into this dialogue.

The envoy’s office praised the flexibility of the Yemeni Presidential Council regarding the request of the UN envoy, Hans Grundberg, in his letter to the Council, regarding stopping the measures of the Central Bank in Aden against the banks controlled by the Houthis, and calling for an economic dialogue, despite the widespread wave of anger in the pro-government street. To the Yemeni government.