(MENAFN) The news of Houthi's official visiting Saudi Arabia to discuss a deal to end the three-year-old war in Yemen has been denied by a senior Houthi official, Thenewkhaliji.org reported on Friday.
"There are news reports that Mohamed Abdul Salam is now in Saudi Arabia," said Saleh Al-Sammad. "They want to extort us. We know that Saudi Arabia is not ready for peace. It does not own its decision; otherwise we would have talked with it."
According to the Yemeni news agency Saba, the Head of the Houthis' Supreme Political Council added, "We will never bargain the dignity of the Yemenis and their sacrifices. We will only accept what maintains the dignity and sacrifices of the Yemenis, who support us."
The Saudis, he continued, say they want peace. "We are ready for peace, but the peace of the brave." He pointed out that the Houthis have details of citizens from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Sudan who have been killed in the war, as well as Blackwater mercenaries and fighters from "many other" countries.
Al-Sammad's comments came after a Reuters report that there had been secret talks between Mohammed Abdul Salam and Saudi officials in Oman as part of the effort to end the conflict.
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