The Houthis reject the UN proposal to open the Taiz crossings
A special source for Asharq Al-Awsat: Their response was negative and brought us back to square one
Asharq Al-Awsat:
Riyadh: Abdulhadi Habtoor
A special source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthi coup group rejected the proposal of the UN envoy to Yemen to open the crossings in Taiz Governorate and other regions, and its response was negative.
According to the same source; The government team affiliated with the legitimacy received a response late yesterday evening from the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, informing them of the Houthi group’s response regarding the opening of the Taiz crossings and other areas.
The proposal submitted by the UN envoy to the two sides included 3 roads in Taiz that were presented by the Houthis themselves in the consultations of the Jordanian capital, Amman, and one road proposed by the government team affiliated with Yemeni legitimacy, in addition to another road between the governorates of Al-Dhalea and Ibb.
Taiz City
The source added; Who refused to reveal his identity: “The Houthis’ response, unfortunately, was negative, and it brought us back to square one, and rejected the UN envoy’s proposal.”
The source confirmed that the government team is currently studying the Houthi response and preparing an appropriate response, which is expected to be announced in the coming hours.
Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, had warned that the intransigence of the Houthis and their insistence on continuing the siege on the city of Taiz represented a real dilemma before launching the political process led by the United Nations.
