The Destructive Role of US and UN in Yemen’s Peace Negotiations

The recent United Nations Security Council session on Yemen revealed the ongoing American and UN efforts to hinder the peace process in Yemen. Washington reiterated its insistence on imposing mercenaries as a major party in peace negotiations, and its determination to continue plundering resources and withholding salaries. This stance was also adopted by the UN representative during the session.

During the closed session on Yemen, the deputy US representative to the Security Council, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, made statements confirming that the United States insists on allowing the mercenary government to continue looting and selling crude oil, and that peace negotiations should be Yemeni-Yemeni.

Previously, the US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, stated that his country sees no possibility of addressing the resource issue except through negotiations between Sana’a and the mercenary government, in an attempt to evade the commitment to pay salaries, which Sana’a considers a primary condition for advancing towards actual peace.

The United States is pushing for the imposition of mercenaries as a party in peace negotiations, particularly regarding the resources and salaries file, in order to transform the issue into an internal dispute and keep it unresolved, prolonging the suffering of the Yemeni people.

The briefing by UN representative Hans Grundberg during the session blatantly matched the American position, as he called for allowing the mercenary government to continue looting and selling crude oil, ignoring the demand for salary disbursement from the country’s revenues. He also claimed that any peace agreement must be between Yemeni parties, disregarding the role of the aggressor countries.

This alignment between the UN and US positions reveals that Washington is exerting all its weight and influence to bypass the demands of the Yemeni people and the peace efforts sponsored by Omani mediation between Sana’a and Riyadh. Imposing mercenaries as an alternative party to the aggressor countries means evading all basic commitments, such as ending the war, lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, paying compensations, and addressing the humanitarian file.

President Al-Mashat clearly confirmed days ago that the United States hinders peace efforts and refuses to implement the salary disbursement demand, holding Saudi Arabia responsible for the consequences of responding to American directions.