The United States has held Yemen’s Houthi militias responsible for the suffering of the Yemeni people.
“The Houthis are responsible for much of the suffering that we’ve seen on the part of the Yemeni people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
“Yemen is home to the world’s – by many accounts, the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe. Much of this is manmade, and the actor in this case is – are the Houthis,” he said.
“Special Envoy (Tim) Lenderking did call for an end to the stalemated fighting in Marib and across Yemen, and it’s that fighting that across Yemen has only added to the suffering of the Yemeni people,” he added.
Price said that Lenderking has expressed concern that the insurgents have continued to refuse to engage meaningfully on a ceasefire and political talks.
"He stressed that only through an agreement between the Yemeni parties can the dire humanitarian circumstances that have culminated in such suffering be addressed and be reversed."
“We’ll continue to do all we can to increase that humanitarian access and to arrive at an agreement between the Yemeni parties that can ease the suffering of the Yemeni people,” Price added.
