Alwaght-The Ansarullah
movement in Yemen has rejected the idea of transferring to Saudi Arabia the
venue of talks on the country's ongoing situation, as Press TV reported.
Mohammed
Bukhaiti, a member of the movement's political council, made the announcement
on Monday, underscoring that such a decision is in breach of previous
agreements.
The rebuttal
came after Saudi Arabia announced its readiness to host negotiations among the
[Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council member states over the ongoing political
turmoil in Yemen.
The six-nation
council had agreed to hold talks over Yemen in the Saudi capital of Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia’s state news agency SPA reported on Monday, citing a statement by
the Saudi King's office.
Saudi Arabia
had said the proposal for organizing the talks in Riyadh was made in response
to a request by Yemen's fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi
(pictured below).
The embattled
Yemeni president fled the capital,
Sana’a, on February 21 after weeks under effective house arrest and went to
Aden, where he highlighted his determination to resume duties.
Hadi stepped
down in January, but the Yemeni parliament did not approve the resignation,
which he later withdrew after leaving the capital. The Houthi Ansarullah movement, however, said
that Hadi had lost his legitimacy after escaping Sana'a.
In September
2014, the Ansarullah movement gained control of the capital following a
four-day battle with army forces loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the
half-brother of the country’s former dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Before gaining
control of Sana’a, the Ansarullah had set a deadline for the political parties
to put aside differences and end the crisis, but the deadline was missed
without any change on the country’s political scene.
A few months
later, they dissolved the parliament and announced a constitutional declaration
on the Transitional National Council following weeks of clashes with government
forces.
The Ansarullah
revolutionaries say the Yemeni government has been incapable of properly
running the affairs of the country and providing security.
