Al-Alimi to Asharq Al-Awsat: We support and encourage Saudi mediation with the Houthis

He said that any agreement would be between the Yemeni government and the putschists

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that Saudi assurances to the legitimate Yemeni government that any agreement that might result from the mediation that Riyadh is conducting with the Houthis with Omani participation will be between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, and that there will be no comprehensive agreement to end the crisis and resume the process. politics outside this framework.

“We encourage and welcome this, and we consider this a good effort by the Kingdom and we support it because we are looking for peace and stability for Yemen and an end to the war,” said the head of the Yemeni Presidential Council.

Asharq Al-Awsat learned that the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council was briefed by the coalition on the discussions taking place. Al-Alimi said, “We believe that discussions and communication are positive actions,” and considered that this “will serve the peace and stability process in Yemen.” And prisoners and all issues, this will be between the government and the Houthis ».

This came during an interview conducted by Asharq Al-Awsat with Dr. Al-Alimi in Brussels, the first stop of his European tour.

The President of the Presidential Leadership Council believes that Yemen’s problem is political par excellence, and that all the human tragedy and economic conditions that Yemen is going through are caused by the obstruction of the political process. Al-Alimi also warned of the danger of the disintegration of the Yemeni social fabric, and said that “the Houthis have transgressed all the customary values ​​that the Yemeni people have known throughout history.”
Al-Alimi: We encourage Saudi mediation with the Houthis… and any agreement will be between the “legitimacy” and the putschists


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