The Saada-based Houthi group declared on Thursday that it will participate in the inclusive dialogue conference on the basis of "healthy foundations that could end the state's stalemates." The participation declaration came after the Dialogue Liaison Committee met on Thursday with the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi in Saada. According to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the committee affirmed that an appropriate ground will be prepared for the success of the national dialogue.
The Dialogue Liaison Committee held on Thursday morning a meeting presided over by Abdul-Karim Al-Iriani, chairman of the committee, with the attendance of a representative of a UN reprehensive, Abdul-Raheem Sabir.
The eight-member liaison committee to started a planned national reconciliation dialogue as part of a UN-backed power transfer deal.
Yemen's inclusive national dialogue is designed to settle down disputes between Yemeni political factions under the supervision of Hadi in accordance with the GCC power transfer deal deal that eased former president Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power.
UN Envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar had appreciated effort exerted by Yemen’s president to advance the country’s transition to democracy, pointing out that security forces are having some success against al-Qaida.
Hadi inherited a state that is mired in crises as it is engaged in conflicts in the South and rebellions in the north. The Yemeni army has been conducting an offensive against al-Qaeda in some towns of Abyan.
Though the army achieved progress in fighting Al-Qaeda, as reports affirm, Al-Qaeda seeks to shift its war across other Yemeni cities.
On May 21, about 100 soldiers were killed and hundreds others were wounded in a suicide bombing in which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for.