The Houthi party has accused the U.S of hindering the implementation of Yemen’s peace plan, emphasising that Washington supports “peace that does not lead to internal wars.”
Hussein al-Azzi, a member of the Houthi political office, and Jamal Amer, the Houthi Foreign Minister of the unrecognized government, made the comments on X formerly Twitter during a meeting with UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg in the country’s capital Sanaa.
Grundberg arrived in Sanaa on Monday, encouraging the Houthis to take “concrete and essential actions for advancing the peace process,” in his first visit to the city in more than a year and a half.
In response, al-Azzi stated that “America is the one preventing other parties (the legitimate Yemeni government) from implementing the roadmap and insists on linking their commitments to the issue of Israel.”
“Using this visit (Grundberg’s visit to Sanaa) to cover up the other party’s failure to follow the roadmap and to whitewash their pages filled with hostile military and intelligence actions, while portraying it as if the ball is in Sanaa’s court, is unfortunate and unacceptable,” the Houthi leader added without providing details.
Washington has not responded to al-Azzi’s accusations, but the US previously reaffirmed its commitment to achieving peace in Yemen.
Grundberg announced in a statement Sunday that he held talks with Omani officials in Muscat on developments in the Yemeni crisis.
Grundberg’s visits to Muscat and Sanaa coincide with current confrontations between government forces and the Houthi organization in the Taiz governorate in southwest Yemen, which threaten to interrupt a two-year period of low military action in Yemen.
The UN envoy said on December 23 that the Yemeni government and the Houthis had agreed to a series of “roadmap” initiatives, including a full cease-fire and improved living conditions for residents.
The roadmap has failed to be implemented, with the government and Houthis accusing one another of impeding development.
