The Houthis confirmed today, Saturday, that the US announcement of removing them from the list of terrorism is an "advanced step" to achieve peace in Yemen, as Iran considered it "a step towards correcting the mistakes of the past."
Abd al-Ilah Hajar, an advisor to the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, told the French press: “The removal of the classification is an advanced step towards peace. Because if the administration is keen to achieve peace, then the special envoy appointed by (US President Joe) Biden must move, and if he wants. To move, he must act with all parties. "
Stone said that the Biden administration got off to a good start, because it kept its promises, "and this is a good initiative."
But he indicated that the credibility of these decisions will not be achieved unless it is proven in reality, and the Yemeni people will feel it in lifting the siege and stopping the war, according to him.
In the context, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that "stopping support for the Saudi alliance - if not a political maneuver - could be a step towards correcting the mistakes of the past."
A spokesman for the US State Department announced Friday that the Biden administration had formally informed Congress of the intention of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to remove the Houthis from the list of terrorism.
Biden had previously appointed veteran diplomat Timothy Lenderking as his country's envoy to Yemen, and on Thursday he announced an end to US support for offensive operations led by the Saudi-Emirati coalition in Yemen.
Days before the previous administration left the White House last month, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision to include the Houthi rebels on the list of terrorism, justifying this with their links to Iran, as well as the deadly attack on the airport in Aden on December 30.