Yemeni Presidential: Houthi truce violations reflect rejection of peace

Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said Houthi’s violations of the humanitarian truce reflect the militia’s intransigence and lack of desire for peace in the country.

The chairman of the presidential command council was speaking to council members during a meeting in the temporary capital of Aden to discuss current developments and challenges in the national arena, including military and security challenges, the official news agency Saba reported.

Al-Alimi said the Presidential Command Council is committed to the UN-backed humanitarian truce despite the Houthi militias’ persistent violations, which he said “”reinforce the militias’ unwillingness to achieve peace”.

Al-Alimi reiterated the Presidential Command Council’s constant pursuit of peace as the only option to spare blood, and pointed to the intransigence and arrogance of the Houthi-led militias, which have no regard for the suffering of the Yemeni people.

“The current stage requires concerted efforts by everyone, both official and popular, on the basis of consensus and partnership to build the state and confront all challenges, especially the economic ones, whose results will reflect on the daily lives and livelihoods of citizens”, al-Alimi said.

He stressed “the need to translate the priorities that he launched before the parliament on the ground, especially with regard to the living and economic situation, and the need for the interim capital Aden to pay more attention to achieving development and stability”.

Earlier on Tuesday, al-Alimi had warned in a speech shortly before parliament of the collapse of the humanitarian truce after “the militias disregard the lives of citizens, which requires the UN envoy and the international community to take firm measures to control the course of the truce”.

He stressed that the economic and humanitarian measures for the humanitarian truce are subject to full compliance with the ceasefire, the lifting of the unjust siege on the city of Taiz, and the payment of salaries of employees in the areas controlled by the Houthi from the revenues of fuel ships entering through the port of Hodeidah, based on the agreement.

Former Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi handed over power in April to the Leadership Council, which represents various powers, following consultations between the Yemeni parties in Riyadh under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council.