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A senior official from Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, which has been defending the nation against a Saudi-led war, says the movement will comply with the Stockholm agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida.
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee, made the pledge during a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths in the capital Sana’a on Sunday.
"We informed the UN envoy that we are ready to implement all the terms and conditions of the Stockholm agreement without any retreat or moving away from it," Yemeni satellite TV channel al-Masirah quoted Houthi as saying.
The UN envoy's trip is part of a new round of talks to follow up on progress made in the Swedish capital in December, when both sides agreed to a prisoner exchange and a truce in Hodeida.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched the Hodeida offensive in June 2018 but have been facing strong resistance from Yemeni armed forces — led by Houthis — as well as the city’s residents.
The war has killed tens of thousands of Yemeni people and made the country the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
The imposed war initially consisted of an aerial campaign but was later coupled with a naval blockade and the deployment of mercenaries to Yemen.
The efforts have gone down the drain, forcing the kingdom to push for peace with Yemen's Houthis and their allies in the Yemeni army.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
