UN envoy leaves Yemen without solving political impasse

UN envoy leaves Yemen without solving political impasse

UN envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar, left the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday without producing a solution to end the country's months-long political impasse, government and opposition officials said.

Bin Omar's departure came following a two-week diplomatic mission to seek a compromise to ease the long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power based on a deal initiated by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

"During my visit, I had met with groups representing various political parties," the state-run Saba news agency quoted bin Omar as saying upon his departure.

"I am very impressed with endurance shown by all segments of the Yemeni people as they try to cope with violence and shortages of food, fuel, water and electricity supplies while there is lack of obvious vision for their future," bin Omar said.

"However, the patience of Yemenis is limited, and reaching a political solution to break such a deadlock is the responsibility of all Yemeni leaders to put Yemen on the right path towards a peaceful transition of power, reform and recovery," said bin Omar.

"The Yemeni leadership must not fail to assume this responsibility," he added.

According to Saba, the UN envoy would return to Yemen soon.

Yemen has been gripped by political crisis and deadly violence since protests erupted across the country in late January, which demanded an immediate end to the 33-year rule of Saleh.

Tension between Saleh's loyal troops and defected forces has escalated since the embattled president returned to Yemen last week after spending more than three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from injuries he sustained in an assassination attack on his Sanaa palace on June 3.

Editor: yan

English.news.cn   2011-10-03 22:47:28 FeedbackPrintRSS
SANAA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua)