Houthi rebels. File photoDOHA, Oct 2Russia expressed concern about the lack of progress in extending the ceasefire in Yemen, which expires on Sunday, calling on the parties to the conflict to intensify efforts to reach an agreement on its extension, the Russian Embassy in Yemen said on Twitter. «Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, expresses concern about the lack of progress in ensuring an agreement on the extension of the truce until its expiration on October 2. We call on the parties to the conflict to intensify communication with the UN Special Representative in order to agree on an extension of the truce,» the embassy said. 
The Foreign Ministry discussed with Iran the settlement in Syria, as well as Iraq and YemenCharge d'affaires of the Russian Embassy in Yemen Yevgeny Kudrov «confirmed support for the efforts of the UN special envoy», noting «the tangible benefits that the truce brought to both the Yemenis and regional security», and urging the parties «Don't waste your gains.» He said that there is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen, pointing out that the extension of the truce is aimed at achieving a comprehensive political settlement in Yemen through negotiations. — the government of Yemen and the Shiite group «Ansar Allah» for its renewal to each other. Thus, the government of Yemen requires the Houthis to fulfill the conditions put forward for the conclusion of the previous truce, including the opening of roads in the central province of Taiz under their control and the payment of wages to civil servants in the regions , controlled by the group, from the income of ships with oil products calling at their controlled port of Hodeidah on the Red Sea in western Yemen. At the same time, the Houthis announced on Saturday that negotiations to extend the truce had stalled, blaming the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia , which, by According to the Houthi delegation at the talks, «continues to bombard Yemen with spy planes and has not fulfilled the condition for the resumption of flights from Sanaa to Cairo.» The Houthis link the extension of the truce to the fulfillment of their conditions for the payment of salaries to civil servants in their territories from the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas produced on government-controlled lands, as well as the lifting of the blockade of the coalition from northern Yemen. In Yemen, since August 2014, a confrontation between government forces has continued and the Houthi militias. It entered its most active phase with the invasion of the country in March 2015 by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia. In early August, the internationally recognized authorities of Yemen and the Ansar Allah movement decided to extend the truce concluded in April for another two months, until October 2. 
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