Yemeni delegation of Popular Committees, Houthis arrives in Muscat

Head of Ansarullah Political Council Saleh al-Samad and two spokespersons for the Houthis, Ali Al Qahum and Mohammed Abdul-Salam, are among the Yemeni delegation.
 
“I hope there is consensus to stop the aggression on Yemen, especially ahead of the Geneva conference, and then a serious Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue which allows Yemenis to build their state and gain security and stability,” Abdul-Salam told Al Mayadeen TV.
 
Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi had announced earlier that the movement is willing to partake in UN-supervised peace negotiations in a neutral country. 
 
Also, Hamza al-Houthi, a member of the Houthis’ political office, called on all Yemeni rival groups to partake in the forthcoming Geneva peace talks. 
 
“It is essential that the conference in Geneva started from the point at which the national inter-Yemeni dialogue, held under UN auspices and subsequently disrupted by the Saudi aggression, was interrupted,” he told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
 
Houthi emphasized that the participation of all parties in the talks is “necessary.”
 
The Ansarullah movement had previously slammed similar talks that were held in Saudi Arabia.
 
Saudi Arabia’s air campaign against Yemen started on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to restore power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh. The United Nations says since March 19, over 1,800 people have been killed and 7,330 injured due to the conflict in Yemen, which was exacerbated by the Saudi airstrikes.