UN Security Council: Houthi demands hindered extension of Yemen truce
The UN Security Council expressed “disappointment” that the deadline for extending the truce in Yemen has expired for six months.
The UN Security Council said in a statement that engaging in negotiations and extending the truce are the means to permanently end the war in Yemen.
The Houthi militias’ exaggerated demands during the last days of the negotiations have hampered UN efforts to extend the truce, he said.
Three days after the U.N. truce in Yemen ended without renewal, U.S. envoy to Yemen Leander King launched an attack on Houthi militias, saying they posed impossible demands.
The US envoy to Yemen, Tim Linder King, said on Wednesday that Houthi militias should show more flexibility, stressing that “all channels are still open, which is important at this sensitive time for Yemen.”
The U.S. envoy to Yemen expressed confidence “that we will be able to reach the target if the Houthis abandon their exaggerated demands.”
“It is in Washington’s interest to stop any Houthi aggression targeting civilian facilities in Gulf countries and inside Yemen,” he said, urging Iran to “adopt a positive approach in Yemen”.
The US State Department said that the United States is deeply concerned that the UN-brokered truce in Yemen ended on October 2nd, without the parties reaching an agreement to extend it.
The U.S. State Department said the U.S. welcomes the Yemeni government’s support for the UN’s expanded truce proposal. It called on Houthi militias to continue negotiations “in good faith,” asserting that Houthi rhetoric threatening commercial oil and shipping companies operating in the region is unacceptable.
