Geneva consultations on the crisis in Yemen failed to reach an agreement or a common ground that could serve as a base for future rounds of talks between the two parties, it was reported here today. UN Yemen envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a press conference after the talks that he has a new plan pending consultation between the parties over the few following days to reach a humanitarian truce, calling this utmost priority due to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen. He added that great challenges still remain unsolved due to the ongoing war on the ground and that "everybody who has gone through war knows that people are entrenched in their positions, and it is difficult to get a rapprochement". He said negotiations, which take place under the auspices of the United Nation, should obviously have the world community resolutions as their reference, citing the UN Security Council resolution No. 2216, which called for withdrawing from cities, ceasefire, and access of humanitarian assistance to the needy. He announced he would head for New York to brief the Security Council on the result of the talks before heading for the region to resume consultations. For his part, Yemen's foreign minister Riyadh Yassin said no date for the new talks was fixed, confirming that his government was hoping to reach a constant truce and not a temporary one but the procrastination of the Houthi rebels and Saleh came as an obstacle.
