Southern writer and journalist Salah Al-Saqladi asked today, Sunday, about the Yemeni parties that agreed to the road map announced by the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg.

Al-Saqladi said, in an article entitled “Legitimate Questions” monitored by the editor of Scoop24: The UN envoy announced that all Yemeni parties agreed to the map, which includes the parties’ commitment to implementing the ceasefire, paying all public sector salaries, resuming oil exports, and opening roads. In Taiz and other parts of Yemen, and continuing to ease restrictions imposed on Sanaa Airport and Hodeidah Port.

Al-Saqladi added that the UN envoy did not specify the parties that agreed to the map, pointing out that the rounds of dialogues that took place in Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa took place between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis directly and in isolation from the participation of any other party, including the Presidential Council, which Riyadh established specifically for this mission.

Al-Saqladi continued, saying: “This is in addition to the absence of the southern party, which was a key party in the Yemeni conflict, and played an important role in liberating the southern governorates from the control of the Houthis.”

Al-Saqladi called on the UN envoy to reveal the parties that agreed to the map, and to confirm the participation of all Yemeni parties in the upcoming political process.