Baku-APA. Yemeni negotiators at U.N.-sponsored peace talks agreed on Saturday to form a committee to oversee a fragile ceasefire but the day ended without further progress being amid strong mutual distrust, sources close to the talks told, APA reports citing Reuters.
Disagreements were over a proposed prisoner exchange and the opening of a humanitarian corridor to the war-torn city of Taiz, the sources said.
In addition, a rare one-week truce meant to facilitate the negotiations was compromised on Saturday afternoon as clashes broke out between Houthi fighters and Saudi troops along the Yemeni-Saudi border.
Both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
Saudi's Civil Defence Force said on Twitter that a rocket fired from Yemen killed two Saudi workers and injured a civilian in the Saudi border city of Najran.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen voiced deep concern at "numerous reports of violations of the cessation of hostilities", a U.N. statement said on Friday.
Yemen, which was swept by mass Arab Spring-inspired protests in 2011, was this year plunged into war after the Houthis overthrew the central government, prompting Saudi Arabia and other Arab states in March to launch a bombing campaign.
Troops loyal to Hadi seized an important northwestern city and a military base from Houthis on Friday who still control the capital Sanaa, residents and tribal sources said.
Planes and gunboats from a Saudi-led military coalition also bombarded targets in northern Yemen, residents said.
The Houthis say they are ready to free the prisoners once a permanent ceasefire is agreed, another source close to the talks told Reuters.
Hospital sources said on Saturday that limited medical aid had reached a few Houthi-controlled districts in the central city of Taiz, one of the worst-affected cities.
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