The Riyadh agreement, signed recently by the Yemeni government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, marked a new episode in a series of agreements and consultations the government has held with rebel groups north and south since 2006, totaling nine rounds, all of which have been unsuccessful.

Since the outbreak of the first Houthi rebellion against the central government in June 2004, and the outbreak of the Saada (northern) wars, known as the Six Wars, to the Riyadh agreement in November 2019, which is supposed to end the rebellion of the Southern Transitional Council in the interim capital Aden. Southwest), there are signed agreements that have not been successful.

Saada Magistrate
It was signed on February 28, 2006 between the government and the Houthis, and included some concessions made by the government to create the conditions for the September 2006 presidential and local elections.

Doha Agreement
On February 1, 2008, the government and the Houthi group in the Qatari capital, Doha, signed a document containing measures to implement a reconciliation agreement reached by the two sides for a ceasefire on June 16, 2007, after the end of the fourth round of six wars. The fifth war in March 2008.

Peace and Partnership Agreement
It was signed on September 21, 2014, to end the crisis between the government and the Houthis, hours after the Houthi forces invaded the capital.The agreement stipulated that President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi should form a competent government and appoint presidential advisers from the Houthis and the Southern Movement, but the agreement did not stop the Houthis' expansion. In several provinces.

The Geneva negotiations 1
It took place in June 2015, three months after the Hazm storm, while the Houthis were in control of most of Aden, Shabwa, Lahj, al-Dhale ', and Taiz (southern) provinces, but negotiations failed to come to an agreement, but the balance of power after these negotiations began to tend. To the government and the Arab coalition.

The Geneva negotiations 2
It was held on December 15, 2015, in the Swiss city of Bell, between the government and the Houthis after a truce was declared that had not lasted much, and consultations ended without agreement.

Kuwait Consultations 2016
Launched in the Kuwaiti capital on April 21, 2016, it took place in four rounds and the curtain on the longest consultation flight on August 7, 2016, ended without results.

Geneva 3
On 8 September 2018, the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, officially announced the failure of the Geneva negotiations due to the non-presence of the Houthi delegation, who cited insufficient guarantees for their return to Sanaa after the consultations ended.

Stockholm Agreement 2018
Sweden's consultations between the government and the Houthis began on December 6, 2018, in Stockholm, and concluded on the 13th of the same month. Of the city of Taiz, but no real achievement was achieved in the three files.

Riyadh Agreement 2019
The government signed with the Southern Transitional Council in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on November 5, 2019, the provision of the formation of a competent government does not exceed 24 ministers, so that ministerial portfolios will be divided equally between the southern and northern provinces.