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Originally posted to the Middle East Monitor website, 15 March 2022
A Houthi official said, on Tuesday, that Saudi Arabia cannot be a mediator in the Yemen war, remarking on a Reuters report of a Gulf Arab initiative to hold consultations among Yemeni parties in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with Reuters reporting this, as well.
Mohamed Ali Al-Houthi, head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee, said, “Riyadh is a party in the war not a mediator.”
The Saudi-based GCC is considering inviting the Houthi movement and other Yemeni parties for consultations in Riyadh this month as part of an initiative aimed at backing UN-led peace efforts, two Gulf officials told Reuters.
