A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing positions held by the Houthis and other anti-government forces since March. The airstrike campaign has killed more than 1,600, according to UN figures.
“We ask the Secretary General to pressure them, so that they can sort of react positively to the invitation to attend the conference in Geneva. So we still wait for some pressures to be applied on the Houthis so that they can be part of the solution. Until now, they are part of the destruction,” Alyemany told reporters.
The negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, will succeed the previous round of talks on the issue held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on May 17-19. The Riyadh conference involved over 400 representatives of Yemen’s political spectrum and international organizations. However, representatives of the Houthi rebel group did not attend.
