An international agency revealed only three points being discussed in the Houthi delegation’s negotiations in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Reuters quoted two sources as saying that envoys from the Houthis and the Sultanate of Oman traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday evening to try to negotiate a permanent ceasefire with officials there to end the war in Yemen.
The sources, who requested that their names not be published, explained to Reuters that the talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis focus on the full reopening of the ports under the movement’s control and Sanaa Airport, paying the wages of public sector employees from oil revenues and reconstruction efforts, and setting a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Yemen.
p>This is the first official visit by Houthi officials to Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of war in Yemen in 2014 after the movement allied with Iran overthrew the government supported by the Kingdom in Sanaa, and the first round of consultations between Riyadh and the Houthi militia, with Omani mediation, was in April. When Saudi envoys visited Sanaa.