Houthi rebels say they will not participate in a final peace dialogue if it takes place in Riyadh because they consider Saudi Arabia to be their “enemy” in the civil war in Yemen, the Houthi leader said on Thursday I told AFP.
“We accept an invitation to a dialogue that does not happen in enemy countries,” Houthi officials declared anonymously, assuring that the rebels “will always reach out to peace.”
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) told AFP on Tuesday that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels to end the conflict that Yemen has been experiencing for seven years. He said he was trying to organize a dialogue in Riyadh.
Yemen, the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula, has been in a state since 2014 between an Iranian-backed Houthis and a government backed by an international coalition led by Saudi Arabia, in which the UAE is a major player have experienced a devastating war.
In recent years, diplomatic efforts to bring the parties closer together, under the leadership of the United Nations, have not been able to reach a peace agreement.
According to the UN, the war killed nearly 380,000 people, resulting in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
A donor conference held Wednesday by the United Nations raised $4.3 billion out of the $1.3 billion needed to address the situation in the country, which is on the verge of a major famine.
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