BEIRUT (Debriefer)--The Iran-backed Houthi group has increased its conditions for resuming negotiations with Yemen's internationally recognised government in return for ending the war. Among its conditions is that the international community should recognise its government as a legitimate government.
Pro-Iran media outlets reported on Tuesday that Iranian officials told the UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths about the new Houthi conditions.
Griffiths is currently visiting Tehran to discuss efforts to end the six-year conflict.
The pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV said the group will accept to end its military operations during negotiations, which it said should be attended by Saudi Arabia, in return for recognising its government as a legitimate government.
Other conditions include rebuilding Yemen and giving reparations for victims, according to the TV.
Iran told Griffiths it will not mediate with the Houthis unless war and blockade on Sanaa end, it said.
The Yemeni ambassador to England Yaseen Saeed Noman has said that Houthi conditions are being cooked in Iran which does not care about peace in the country.
