Russia stressed the importance of launching a Yemeni dialogue as soon as possible, under the auspices of the United Nations, in order to reach a sustainable settlement of the military and political crisis in Yemen, which has continued for nearly ten years.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the president’s special envoy to the Middle East, Mikhail Baghdanov, discussed with the Yemeni ambassador to Russia, Ahmed Al-Wahayshi, the situation in the Middle East, with a focus on developments in the situation in Yemen and the Red Sea.

For its part, the government agency Saba explained that the two sides discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation in the economic and political fields, especially with regard to international and regional efforts aimed at achieving sustainable peace.

In addition, Western sources said that the Houthis have a strong incentive to continue working as guards in the Red Sea after they created a successful new business model to extract lucrative rents from global trade.

The British magazine The Economist explained that after the ceasefire in Gaza, the Houthis may continue their attacks in the Red Sea, noting that the Houthis now have a weapon capable of disrupting global trade, and they may use it for other things.

She indicated that a Security Council committee of experts told last November that a small number of shipping agencies were coordinating with a company affiliated with a high-ranking Houthi leader to purchase safe passage.

The magazine quoted the American envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, as saying that it is clear that there are some deals.