Yemen: demilitarisation of south will guarantee Riyadh deal’s success, officials say – The National

Yemen: demilitarisation of south will guarantee Riyadh deal’s success, officials say – The National

Southern Transitional Council said it has abandoned self-rule declaration to support peace deal





























Members of Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) man a checkpoint while workers disinfect vehicles at the entrance of Mualla, a district of the southern province of Aden, on May 10, 2020. AFP











A successful implementation of the Riyadh deal will depend on the security and military arrangements between Yemen's government and southern separatists, government officials told The National on Wednesday.

The Riyadh agreement is based on a power sharing deal between Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and the internationally recognised government.

The STC declared its self-rule over the south earlier this year but on late Tuesday said it would abandon the idea and pledged to implement the Saudi-brokered deal.



The agreement will give the STC representation in a new Yemeni government to be formed within 30 days.

"The problem is not with the government formation or political concessions but it will be about the military and security situation on the ground,“ Hamza Al Kamali, Yemen's Deputy Minister for Youth told The National.

Talks between the two sides are ongoing and