Soldiers loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ride at the back of a pick-up truck during a parade in Yemen's northern province of Marib May 25, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) - The United Nations envoy to Yemen said on Sunday that peace talks set for next week in Geneva can end over two months of war and save the country from permanent division.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed's interview with pan-Arab channel Al Jazeera raised hopes of ending Arab bombing and internal fighting which have killed around 2,000 Yemenis, but the government in exile presented a hard line for the negotiations and demanded the dominant Houthi group retreat.
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