SANAA (Debriefer)--The Ansar Allah group, the Houthis, on Tuesday said it has the distinction to draw policies and make sovereign decision away from foreign hegemony and guardianship.
We have military, tactical, mobilisation, training and armament capabilities with which we are gaining the upper hand in the fight and serving the interests of the people independently, the group's defence minister Mohammed Al-Atifi said in a statement carried by the Sanaa-based Saba news agency.
We are standing on the threshold of a critical stage whose impact will transcend what the aggressors imagine in their miscalculation, he said, threatening to make the member states of the Saudi-led coalition pay a heavy price in case they continued their arrogance in Yemen. He urged them to learn from the past lessons.
The coalition has been in involved in Yemen since March 2015. It has been providing air and ground support to the forces of the internationally recognised government which was ousted by the group in late 2014.
The coalition has no choice but accept defeat and leave Yemen, Al-Atifi said, according to the agency.
Continued aggression and blockade on Yemen pose the most serious threat to regional and global peace, he said, adding that there will not be any positive outcomes from future peace talks amid US and Israeli interference.
Meanwhile, observers said Al-Atifi's remarks implied a response to a recent Saudi-Omani joint announcement that the two Gulf States are cooperatinh to help resolve the crisis in the country.
Oman has good relations with all the warring parties in Yemen. It has been acting as a neutral mediator and contacting the Iran-allied Houthis to accep a recently announced Saudi initiative to end the war.
It is hosting Houthi officials, including the Houthi spokesperson and chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam.
