Officials from the internationally recognized Yemeni government have informed UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg that they are open to any peace talks with Houthis under the three primary references and urged the diplomat to adopt a comprehensive plan focused on core issues.
Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Yemeni Vice President, stressed during his meeting with Grundberg in Riyadh that the war that legitimacy is waging is defensive based on the principle of adhering to the option of peace based on the three references and positive interaction with international efforts and with various peace initiatives, the latest of which was the Saudi initiative.
Al-Ahmar, according to Saba News Agency, pointed out that the pressing international role is still seen as below the hoped-for level, indicating that the victims of Houthi terrorism were and still rely on a more firm and serious international role.
Al-Ahmar reviewed several Houthi actions that prove the Iran-backed group is intentionally hindering peace efforts and are behind the doubling of suffering for Yemenis.
At the forefront of Houthi escalation stands the group’s widespread hostility campaigns against civilian areas, such as the northeastern governorate of Marib, where three million refugees have sought asylum from ongoing violence.
More so, Houthis are behind ballistic missile and drone attacks on residential neighborhoods and vital facilities like the southwestern port of Mocha. The militia group has assaulted humanitarian relief warehouses, waged cross-border attacks against civilians in neighboring Saudi Arabia, and threatened international navigation in the Red Sea.
For his part, Ahmed bin Daghr, Speaker of the Yemeni Shura Council, made it clear during his meeting with the UN envoy that the legitimate authority in Yemen still believes that reaching a just and comprehensive solution cannot happen outside the framework of the three main references.
He warned that the use of force, targeting civilians in Marib, and attempts to advance accompanied by violence by the Houthi militias will only achieve small and temporary gains for the Houthis.
Bin Dagher expressed his hope that the UN envoy would adopt a comprehensive plan, focusing on the core issues of the bloody conflict in Yemen that would preserve Yemen’s republican system, its unity, security, stability, and sovereignty, and accelerate its salvation from the effects and repercussions of the war.
