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The Ansarullah movement lashed out at KSA’s regime on Friday for derailing UN-backed peace talks aimed at ending the deadly US-led Saudi aggression on Yemen.

In a press conference after the end of the UN-brokered negotiations in Switzerland’s city of Geneva on Friday, the Ansarullah delegation censured "deliberate obstructions from certain sides" during the peace talks, saying the Saudi-backed group refused to engage in "profound issues".

"This is in order for the Yemenis not to come up with clear solutions and in order for the Saudi aggression and the siege imposed on the Yemeni people to continue," they further said.

The Ansarullah movement stated that Saudi Arabia never mediated to settle the disagreements between different Yemeni parties, but instead, it has armed and funded certain groups only to heighten tensions in Yemen.

The Yemeni nation wants to be independent and free, and thus will never succumb to Saudi Arabia’s "patronizing" attitude toward their homeland, the Ansarullah delegation said.

Additionally, the Ansarullah delegation rejected reports that the Geneva talks ended in total failure, noting that the recent negotiations were in fact the beginning of a political process to bridge the gaps between warring factions in the country.

The delegation also welcomed calls by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for a humanitarian truce in Yemen, expressing "high hopes" that all sides would agree on a ceasefire in the near future.

"The Yemeni people are suffering from a catastrophe in the real sense of the word and hence, our stance [towards a truce] is clear," they said, voicing hope that the establishment of a humanitarian ceasefire would be "one of the urgent priorities in the UN Security Council meeting next Monday.

Also, they said that they urge UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to continue his efforts to find a solution to the worsening crisis in the Arab state. 

Ahmed confirmed earlier in the day that the Geneva talks had ended with no practical results but said that "certain positive signs" could be seen in the negotiations between the warring factions.

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States began carrying out airstrikes against Yemen in late March.

The US-led Saudi military aggression against Yemen began on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in an attempt to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, back to power.