The Yemeni government considered that the amendments to the proposals of the United Nations envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to solve the country's crisis are biased towards the Houthi group, while the group accused the Saudi-Emirati coalition of failing to manage the conflict.
The Yemeni Foreign Minister, Muhammad al-Hadrami, said that the government approved last May the proposals of the UN envoy, but rejected the recent amendments to the proposals that he described as biased for the Houthis.
During his meeting with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council to Yemen, Al-Hadrami accused the Houthis of setting impossible conditions regarding the payment of salaries and the opening of roads, especially in Taiz, the release of detainees and detainees, and the opening of Sanaa airport in front of international flights.
He pointed to the Houthis' retreat from allowing the United Nations team access to the Safer oil tank, which is threatened by the explosion and caused a major environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
The Yemeni Foreign Minister stressed the need for the Southern Transitional Council - supported by the UAE - to back away from self-management and restore conditions to normal in the Governorate of Socotra Archipelago.
In May, UN envoy Martin Griffiths announced an international initiative to resolve the Yemeni conflict comprehensively, including a total ceasefire, the treatment of the humanitarian situation, and the exchange of prisoners.
On the other hand, Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdel Salam said that what he described as aggression countries - in reference to the Saudi-Emirati alliance - did not respond to peace initiatives, and that the Yemeni people have no choice but to continue the confrontation.
Abdul Salam added that the Saudi-Emirati alliance and the United Nations do not take positive actions with any peace initiative, because they do not want a just peace but rather they want peace according to their perception.
He explained that the Yemeni people have made aggression and siege an opportunity to build military capabilities that protect Yemen's security and stability, stressing that Yemen is exposed "through aggression and unjust siege to daily war crimes," as he put it.
He said that 6 years of war have proven to the Yemeni people that the only and beneficial option is confrontation.
Commenting on the Riyadh agreement, Abdul Salam said that the Saudi regime has no right to political interference and change governments and political leaders, and that the agreement is an explicit expression of the failure of the Saudi regime to manage the conflict between its allies.
Yemen is witnessing - for the sixth year - a war between the forces loyal to the government and the Houthis who have controlled provinces including the capital, Sanaa, since 2014, which contains more than half of the country's population.
The war left one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with 80% of the population relying on aid for survival.
The Yemeni conflict is complicated by the fact that it has regional extensions. Since March 2015, an Arab coalition led by the Saudi neighbor has carried out military operations in Yemen, in support of government forces against the Houthis.