A call from Former Yemen president.. urges all conflicting parties to "return to dialogue

Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen former president, heads the General People's Congress Party.. writes on his facebook page on Friday 24 Apr 2015

Saleh, who still heads the General People's Congress party, called for UN-brokered Saudi-Yemeni talks to be held in Geneva

He proposed that all provinces be handed over to "the army and security apparatus under the control of local authorities in each province

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged Houthi groups in his country to comply with the UN Security Council's decisions. He called on all warring factions to withdraw from all provinces

In his statement

"I call on Ansarullah to accept all UN Security Council decisions and to implement them in return for a halt in the coalition forces' aggression," Saleh said in a statement. "I urge them and everyone - militias and al Qaeda, as well as militias loyal to [President Abed Rabbo Mansour] Hadi - to withdraw from all provinces, especially Aden

The former president also called on all conflicting parties to "return to dialogue" and said he was ready to reconcile with all factions

"I call on all parties without exception - even political opponents who have been against me since 2011 - to talk and show forgiveness. I will forgive everybody in the interests of the nation," Saleh said