gesture ahead of peace talks in sweden this month signal about as a nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum and he says the evacuation is a welcome development. we know that this push which is spearheaded by the u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom house hosted the u.n. envoy who has shuttled between washington in. riyadh and sought to try to get this peace set off before peace talks assume so the fact that we're even discussing these issues which previously was off limits is in itself a diplomatic victory we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not these peace talks take place and whether or not they will be aboard at the last minute that's the first aspect the secular aspect is if they do indeed take place we will expect some sort of resolution between duhoux thesis and the united nations and the saudis over whether the u.n. will take over to management of the port there who died to help bring in humanitarian supplies into yemen so that is if that is achieved then the res

ahead of peace talks in sweden this month secured noire bow is a nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum and joins us live now from washington d.c. thanks so much for your time so good i want to ask the news that these fifty fighters are being allowed safe evacuation it's an interesting development but when it actually bring the heat these to the table in. this is certainly a welcome development and we know that this push which is spearheaded by a u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom house hosted the u.n. envoy who has shuttle between washington moscow riyadh and saw to try to get this peace said all before peace talk assume so the fact that they were even discussing this issue which previously was off limits is in itself a diplomatic victory at least for now is this enough to make sure that peace talks happening in offshore or in september that he has refused to actually even get on the plane well what happened in september was that he was on clear whether to who these would be allowed to return to yemen after the proposed peace talks at the time and i was a s

let's introduce our panel now and joining us here in the studio is non resident fellow at gulf international forum and author by via skype from nasa get many journalists a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and in lancaster simon made them senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university if i wore welcome to all of you after a very few people expect this ceasefire to even be a does anyone expect it to hold. the following the peace talks in sweden that many carefully described concern teachers and beginning before talks began just. not to make too much of expectations out of them so it's absolutely. honest saying that two warring parties have agreed on this fight even if just for few hours. i'm very optimistic that both were a pirate you have willingness to hold this ceasefire to as long as it can that. unlike their previous peace talks the outcomes of. talks and sweden have been quite an achievement but all but all i think there is a good movement. or an international and standing and willingness to bring a nice and human talent solution to the conflict in yemen but the que

dr siegel at nearby is a non resident fellow at the gulf international forum he says the event he mission is a welcome development. we know that this push which is spearheaded by a u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom's house hosted a u.n. envoy who has shuttle between washington moscow riyadh and saw to try to get this peace set off before peace talks assume so the fact that that were even discussing these issues which previously was off limits in itself a diplomatic victory we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not these peace talks take place and whether or not they will be aboard at the last minute that's the first aspect to secular aspect is if they do indeed take place we will expect some sort of resolution between the who thesis and the united nations and the saudis over whether to un will take over to management of the port there who died to help bring in humanitarian supplies into yemen so that is if that is achieved than they arrested a peace process will be i

of peace talks in sweden this month so a good lawyer bauer is a nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum he says the evacuation is a welcome development. we know that this push which is spearheaded by the u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom house hosted the u.n. envoy who has shuttled between washington mosque at riyadh and sought to try to get this peace set off before peace talks assume so the fact that we're even discussing these issues which previously was off limits is in itself a diplomatic victory we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not these peace talks take place and whether or not they will be aboard at the last minute that's the first aspect to secular aspect is if they do indeed take place we will expect some sort of resolution between duhoux thesis and the united nations and the saudis over whether the u.n. will take over to management of the port there who died to help bring in humanitarian supplies into yemen so that is if that is achieved then the re

is a nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum he says the evacuation is a welcome development we know that this push which is spearheaded by the u.n. envoy has been going on for at least a couple weeks or mom has hosted a u.n. envoy who has shuttle between washington mosque at riyadh and saw not to try to get this peace set up before peace talk assume so the fact that we're even discussing this issue which previously was off limits is in itself a diplomatic victory we should always have cautious optimism because i think that the first results that we would we would have to look at is whether or not these peace talks take place and whether or not they will be aboard at the last minute that's the first aspect the second aspect is if they do indeed take place we will expect some sort of resolution between the who thesis and the united nations and the saudis over whether the u.n. will take over to management of the port there who died to help bring in humanitarian supplies into yemen so that is if that is achieved than the rest of the peace process will be in good tracks but that'

the new bar who is a middle east analyst and nonresident fellow at the gulf international forum in washington he says it's actually significant these talks are even taking place at all. just getting to parties to leave yemen and traveling to sweden is a diplomatic achievement in itself i would even add it's a diplomatic victory because we have seen that the u.n. special envoy martin griffin house over the past several months and weeks in particular spearheaded shuttle diplomacy between scott. riyadh and even washington and it is important for our viewers to understand the chief. negotiator for who thinks this based in moscow at oman where he maintains regular diplomatic contact with u.s. diplomats so the united states has a clear understanding of what to who want and what some of the issues that they would be willing to compromise on so the first step now that they are meeting sweden tomorrow and beginning talks that it is in itself is an important achievement that should not be underestimated obviously everything's not going to be solved at one set of talks off to four years of war and such