BEIRUT (Debriefer)--Senior Houthi leader, Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, on Wednesday commented on the arrival of the Iranian ambassador in Sanaa by saying "ask the coalition", referring to a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since March 2015.
"America is refusing to reopen foreign embassies in Sanaa. Though it is besieging us diplomatically, the Iranian ambassador is so welcome," he said in a statement to Almayadeen TV.
Separately, he said the Houthi group was not satisfied with the latest prisoner swap with the government because it offered to exchange all prisoners.
The government demanded criminals and terrorists be released and abandoned military officers and chiefs, he said.
He said his group is still holding Saudis and foreigners captive, adding, "We hope the next swap of prisoners will include our Palestinian brothers".
The Houthis have offered to swap Saudi prisoners with Hamas leaders held in Saudi Arabia.
The member states of the coalition have rejected a Joint Declaration drafted by the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, which calls for a nationwide ceasefire, economic and humanitarian measures and resuming the political process, he added.
