11 Apr 2025
Tuesday 7 June 2016 - 11:25
Story Code : 217378

Saudi side insincere in Yemen peace talks: Houthi leader



Leader of Yemen�s Ansarullah movement�Abdel Malek al-Houthi�has criticized the Saudi-backed delegates in the ongoing UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait, saying they are �insincere.�

Houthi said while negotiations are underway to reach a solution and put an end to Yemen�s conflict, Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with its deadly military attacks against the country.

He lambasted Saudi airstrikes as �unjustifiable,� saying a solution to the Yemeni crisis would have been at hand if the Saudi-backed negotiating team had demonstrated goodwill and exercised rationality.

The Houthi leader blamed the �obstinacy of aggressors and pro-Riyadh mercenaries� for the lack of progress in the negotiations. He also accused them of�indiscriminately targeting women, children and the elderly�in Yemen.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] A handout picture released by the Kuwaiti Information Ministry on April 22, 2016 in Kuwait City shows members of Yemeni delegations taking part in a meeting as part of UN-brokered peace talks. (Via AFP)[/caption]

Houthi said his Ansarullah delegates have always followed a sound and reasonable approach during the course of the talks with the opposite side.

He also denounced the position of Ismail�Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the�United Nations special envoy for Yemen,�as �biased.�



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] A Yemeni boy carries a ladder in front of buildings that were damaged in Saudi airstrikes in the UNESCO-listed old city of the Yemeni capital, Sana�a, March 23, 2016. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]

Ansarullah�s leader pledged that the movement will remain steadfast in the face of Saudi Arabia�s military onslaught against Yemen.�Houthi praised�Ansarullah members and fighters from Popular Committees as he�called�for unity among the Yemenis.

Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26, 2015 in a bid to reinstate Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, and undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement.

More than 9,400 people have been killed and at least 16,000 others injured in the aggression.

By Press TV

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