Sana'a (Debriefer) - The Houthis call for tangible steps in humanitarian and economic fields, chairman of the group's Supreme Political Council said Friday, to help give a push for any potential peace talks with the Yemeni UN-recognized government.
The group is deeply keen to support all efforts aimed at "stopping the war and lifting the blockade imposed on Yemeni people," Mahdi al-Mashat added at virtual meeting with the UN envoy to Yemen, Sana'a-based Saba reported.
Mashat meeting with Martin Griffiths was positive, as it discussed the "nature of studious efforts exerted by the UN envoy to achieve peace in Yemen," the Houthi-run news agency added.
The Houthi official reiterated interest to support good efforts that would protect the Yemeni people's full rights and enhance chances for successful peace process in the war-torn country.
For years, the UN has been exerting efforts to end Yemen's 6-year war and to persuade rivals to resume negotiations, but no progress has been seen with two parties trading blames for escalation.
Last Sunday, Mashat said his group backs "fair, realistic peace securing an end to the aggression and blockade, control over resources, resumption of salaries and release of all prisoners."
Sana'a City and most of the Yemeni northern and western provinces have been under Houthi control since September 2014, when the group led a coup against the UN-recognized government.
The coup sparked an armed conflict pitting the government army against the group, with the former backed by Saudi-led coalition and the latter by Iran.
The war has triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
