HouthisDOHA, Apr 8The ruling Ansar Alla (Houthi) movement in northern Yemen has demanded the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country as a condition for starting peace talks with the presidential leadership council, Mohammed Abdesalam, head of the Houthi delegation at the previous talks, told Al-Masira TV channel. On Thursday, Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, after seven years of civil war, which began, in part, because of his unwillingness to give power to the Houthis who deposed him, handed over all transitional powers to a presidential leadership council, which included eight prominent political leaders. The creation of the council was announced following inter-Yemeni consultations in Riyadh, the participants of which called on the new power structure to start negotiations with the Houthis. «The road to peace is known: cessation of shelling, lifting of the blockade of northern Yemen and the withdrawal of foreign troops. After that, we can talk about political dialogue» , Abdessalam said. Speaking of the new advice, he stated that «p the measures taken by the enemy have no legitimacy, come from an illegitimate party and do not have the authority either in terms of the constitution, or in terms of law, or in the eyes of the people. «These actions were taken outside of Yemen, and abroad have no right to decide anything then in the internal affairs of Yemen,» he added.The head of Yemen transferred power to the presidential governing council Since 2014, the Houthis have been fighting against supporters of the internationally recognized government and part of the army on its side. In 2015, an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia entered the war on the government's side. for a year. In January 2015, under pressure from the Houthis, he resigned, but, having fled from Sanaa to the south of the country after house arrest, he refused to resign as president and moved to Riyadh after the Houthis established control over the administrative center of the south — the city of Aden in March 2015 . However, the Houthis in the north have formed their own government and a revolutionary committee to govern the country.
