Almotamar.net - Official spokesman for the committee responsible for implementing decagons of the National Defence Council regarding the events of Saada confirmed Tuesday that ceasefire began officially since the early hours of today.

Sheikh Yasser al-Awadhi has told almotamar.net that until the midday of today there are no reports on any violations of the ceasefire. Nevertheless, al-Awadhi said they needed at least to wait for 48 to be sure the ceasefire is holding and that it is an indicator of committing to it and that in turn would urge the committee to begin supervising implementation the rest of the agreement points on the ground.

Al-Awadhi disclosed there were some objections by a number of Saada who supported the state on articles of the agreement reached by virtue of good offices by the brethren in Qatar for ending the rebellion in accordance with conditions announced by the Yemeni National Defence Council.

Al-Awadhi who met along with delegation of the committee late last night with members of parliament and a number of social personalities and residents of Saada to explain duties of the committee, said some residents of Saada see that the agreement is with no avail and that al-Houthi is not serious to commit to it.

While al-Awadhi told akmotamar.net that they in the committee have found response and readiness by all for implementing the agreement he also pointed out that some who objected it from the sons of Saada who think that Abdulmalik al-Houthi was looking for gaining more time to rearrange his situations and that he was suffering from bad conditions after the grip was tightened against him, as those residents say.

Despite fears and suspicions resulting from complications of the problem the spokesman for the committee affirmed the committee is pursuing its national and historic task entrusted by the president of the republic, exerting for achieving that all their efforts and energies for the implementation of the agreement.

Spokesman said that some clashed happened on Monday started by the Houthis by setting ambushes and blocking some roads at a time the governorate of Saada experienced relative calmness and he pointed to suspension of military operations on part of army units and the security.

An official spokesman for the Yemeni interior ministry had associated suspension of military operations with commitment of Abdulmalik al-Houthi and his followers to the agreed upon conditions an mentioned in decisions of the National Defence Council in its meeting held on 13 February 2007.

On his part the Qatari prime minister, foreign minister Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al Thani praised on Sunday the efforts exerted by the Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh for ending the rebellion in Saada and prevention of bloodshed.
In an interview to Al-Jazeera satellite channel he said what the Yemeni government and Abdulmalik al-Houthi have announced concerning the ending of the crisis was product of efforts made by president Saleh with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Jabr Al Thani during his latest visit to Sana'a, pointing out that president Saleh displayed his great keenness on termination of these confrontations and sparing bloodshed and also expressed cooperation with the Qatari mediation in this regard.

In Riyadh the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Attiyah welcomed the declaration of ending insurgency in Saada in Yemen, evaluating the efforts exerted by the emir of Qatar and president Saleh. In the same context Qatar called on to contribute to the fund for reconstruction what the war destroyed. The Qatari minister of state for foreign affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud said Monday Qatar would strongly contribute to reconstruction through the fund established for this purpose. He deemed the declaration of the Yemeni interior ministry of closing the file of Saada events as very positive indicator.