SANAA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A team of Yemen's Houthi rebels traveled to Jordan's capital Amman on Sunday night to engage in UN-sponsored economic confidence-building negotiations between the Yemeni rival parties, Houthi TV al-Masirah reported on Monday.
The negotiations would focus on implementing economic terms in line with the agreed Stockholm Agreement, the TV said without giving further details.
On Sunday, the United Nations monitoring team in Yemen verified Houthi withdrawal from three ports of Hodeidah.
"The redeployment of Houthi forces from the three ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras-Issa went in accordance with established plans," Michael Lollesgaard, chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, said in a statement.
The long-delayed UN-sponsored Stockholm Agreement, the first step toward a comprehensive political solution, was reached in December 2018 between the Saudi-backed internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
The agreement focused on the port city of Hodeidah, the lifeline for Yemen's most commercial imports and humanitarian aid.
The rebels seized Hodeidah and much of the country's north, including the capital Sanaa in late 2014, forcing President Hadi along with his government into exile in Riyadh.
The government forces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, have advanced to the southern outskirts of the port city since June 2017, but the forces have halted a major offensive to recapture Hodeidah to pave the way for peace efforts.
