Indirect negotiations in Kuwait since April have failed to make headway.
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More than 80 percent of the population urgently needs humanitarian aid.
“The government’s delegation’s return to Kuwait hinges on whether the opposing sides sign the agreement, if not, then the talks would be futile”, he said.
Kuwait agreed to extend its host of talks due to “positive developments” between negotiators over the past two weeks, at end of which United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad tabled a document including principles of a compromise, the official said.
The UN plan provides the withdrawal of Houthis from Sanaa, as well as the Yemeni provinces of Taiz and Al Hudaydah and holding a political dialogue, which should start 45 days after the acceptance of the pact.
“We have participated and exercised patience for the sake of our people and we end the negotiations for their sake”, Abdullah al-Olaimi, deputy director of the Yemeni president’s office and a member of the government team to the UN-brokered talks being held in Kuwait, said on his Twitter account. The Saudis responded by forming a regional coalition of Sunni governments, which past year began launching airstrikes in defense of Hadi’s presidency.
Eight people were killed and 17 injured Friday in a bomb attack and clashes between Houthi militants and pro-government forces in Yemen, local sources told Anadolu Agency.
While Hadi accepted the proposal, the Houthis dismissed the proposal as a non-starter but said they would stay in Kuwait for the talks.
The UN proposal also requires the release of all detainees and prisoners, especially those mentioned in UN Security Council resolution 2216, which laid down the guidelines for the restoration of Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
The job of the council would be to “manage state affairs politically, militarily, economically, administratively, socially and in security”, a statement issued by the rebels said.
But the rebels insist on forming a national unity government to oversee the transition. Military forces of the internationally recognized Yemeni government, was brought to a cease-fire on April 10, a United Nations report said on Saturday.
The talks led to a shaky truce that was repeatedly breached mainly by Saudi Arabia and its allies before they officially announced an end to it on January 2.
Meanwhile, a police officer was killed yesterday when a bomb blew up his auto in Yemen’s second city Aden, a security official said.
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Under the proposed peace deal, that council would be abolished along with all decisions made by the rebels since they occupied Sanaa.
