AMMAN — Abdel Qadeer Al-Murtada, head of
the Houthi prisoner negotiation department in Sanaa, said that the agreement signed
in Amman in March stipulates the release of 16 Saudi and three Sudanese
hostages, Khaberni reported.
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“The agreement covers all coalition countries and
Yemeni parties,” according to Murtada, who added that the agreement signed in
March specifies the “release of 1,400 prisoners from the army and different
committees against 823 captives from the other side”.
Murtada said that there “can be no partial
implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement with the Saudi side only, but
Saudi Arabia can solve problems and obstacles with other parties, and then the
agreement can be fully carried out”.
The visit between
Sanaa and Riyadh had positive results as it addressed a large part of the
problems related to the prisoner issue, he said adding: “We asked in the recent
round of negotiations in Amman to resolve the outstanding problems that
prevented progress in the prisoner file, and in implementing the agreement
concluded in March.”
He stressed that prisoner exchange is a humanitarian
issue that has nothing to do with military or political issues, and voiced hope
that this visit will be a first step to the implementation and solution of the
humanitarian prisoner file.
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