Mohammed Abdul Malik - Al Jazeera Net

The legitimate Yemeni government continues to insist on its position rejecting any dialogue with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, reiterating this by Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maisari, who said that if there was a dialogue, it would be directly with Abu Dhabi. Emirati and does not even represent the southern issue. "

But the question posed by some observers for the Yemeni issue: What are the real reasons why the government rejects the planned dialogue in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where the leadership of the "transitional" show flexibility and willingness to sit for dialogue in return by coming to Jeddah for the second time despite the government's refusal.

UAE-backed southern transition forces seized Aden (Reuters)

Reasons and requirements
To find out the real reasons for this rejection by the government, Al Jazeera Net contacted a source in the office of Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, and stated that there is no dialogue with the "transitional" so far.

The government source added that the reason for this rejection is due to the need to implement the government's requirements first, which provides for the implementation of the statement of the coalition issued after what he called the "coup of the Transitional Council" on the tenth of August, and includes the ceasefire in Aden and the complete withdrawal from all sites and camps The government controlled the transitional government and surrendered its weapons in full before going to any dialogue.

As for some indirect meetings between the government committee and the southern separatists - as some media reported - the source told Al Jazeera Net that there are no dialogues, and that what is happening only bilateral meetings between the Yemeni government and the Saudi side aimed to correct the course of the coalition and extract a clear Saudi position on what is happening Of Emirati intervention and abuse of Yemen and Yemenis, he said.

The government source added, "Saudi Arabia has summoned the transitional leaders recently to hold bilateral meetings with them, not in order to participate in any talks with the government."

According to a senior presidential source with whom Al Jazeera Net spoke, the position of the Saudi side so far seems positive and in favor of the legitimate government.

The source pointed out that the government's position that refuses to engage in any dialogues during the current period is understood by the Saudi side and does not affect the relationship between the legitimacy of Yemen and the Kingdom as some speak, as is the case with regard to the relationship between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, where the Kingdom is trying to contain all the parties. And restoring the Alliance's course to its proper form.

In the same direction, government spokesman Rajeh Badi said in a new statement carried by the state news agency Saba that the presence of state leaders in Jeddah comes within the directives of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi to communicate with the Saudi side and discuss the rebellion "transitional" supported in the southern provinces and bombing UAE National Army Sites.

In his statement, the Spokesman went on to affirm the legitimacy of its stated position since the first day in which it welcomed the Saudi Foreign Ministry's call for dialogue, but said at the same time that there are no forms of dialogue with the transitional until the moment "because the national constants and the territorial integrity of Yemen are not compromised." Or talk. "

Southern Transitional Council Delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Links)

Transitional position
To find out the position of the Transitional Council regarding the government's position against the dialogue before the implementation of its conditions, Al-Jazeera Net communicated with the Council spokesman Nizar Haitham, and stated that they are committed to invite the coalition and Saudi Arabia for dialogue. Rejects it. "

A spokesman for the "transitional" that "there are a lot of officials in the legitimate government support the Jeddah dialogue, and that is opposed to a group of members of the Reform Party, which abducts the decision of legitimacy."

In the event of legitimacy to reject the dialogue categorically, the transitional spokesman said in a telephone conversation with Al Jazeera Net that the Council will continue to deal positively with the invitation of Saudi Arabia and will attend his delegation to Jeddah for that until Saudi Arabia issued a statement clarifying its position on the party blocking the calm.