“The Saudi initiative to end the war is not a new issue,” one Ansarullah leader told Reuters.
Yemen’s Houthi group on Monday played down a new Saudi initiative to end a six-year-old war saying there was nothing new in the offer.
However the group’s chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam said the Houthis would continue to talk with Riyadh, Muscat and Washington to try to reach a peace agreement.
“Opening the airports and seaports is a humanitarian right and should not be used as a pressure tool,” Abdulsalam told Reuters.
“Saudi Arabia is part of the war and must immediately end the air and sea blockade against Yemen,” an Ansarallah leader told Reuters about the Saudi plan for a large-scale ceasefire in Yemen.
He noted that we will continue talks with Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United States to reach a peace agreement.
A few minutes ago, the Saudi Foreign Minister announced an initiative for a massive ceasefire throughout Yemen under UN supervision and the lifting of the blockade of Sanaa Airport.
Yasl bin Farhan also announced that a ceasefire would begin as soon as Sanaa agreed.
On April 26, 1994, Saudi Arabia, in the form of a coalition of several Arab countries and with the help and green light of the United States, launched large-scale attacks against Yemen, the poorest Arab country, under the pretext of returning ousted and fugitive President Abd al-Mansour Hadi to power. It achieved its political goals and ambitions, but its staggering costs led to the withdrawal of other allies with the exception of the UAE, with Saudi Arabia.
