“This is a scenario where President Hadi remains the legitimate leader of Yemen, we remain in touch with him,” Psaki said.
Psaki added that the United States is focused on working with the government of Yemen towards ceasefire talks.
The majority of President Hadi’s guards have been forced to leave the president’s residence after two days of fighting, Sputnik reported earlier.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi opposition in Yemen, warned Hadi during a televised address on Tuesday that militants would take measures unless the president initiates constitutional changes.
Last year, the group staged major protests and occupied a number of Yemeni cities, demanding the government to resign. Last September, the Houthi insurgency spread to the capital.
The Houthi are a major opposition force in Yemen that has played a role in removing former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh from office in 2012. In September 2014, the insurgency spread to the central and western parts of the country.
