"We will wait and see," he told AFP.The rebels' Abdelsalam told AFP his group was "bound by an agreement".US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was upbeat, saying "peace is possible". "The work ahead will not be easy, but we have seen what many considered improbable begin to take shape," he said in a statement. "Analysts said the Rimbo talks progressed better than anticipated, two years after the last negotiations hosted by Kuwait in 2016 collapsed with no breakthrough after three months. "The Sweden talks have achieved more than anyone expected," the International Crisis Group told AFP. "We have heard a different tone from the government of Yemen in these talks, and US pressure has clearly focused minds in the Gulf.

Source: Egypt Today December 14, 2018 02:26 UTC