Saudi defense minister says views Houthi truce 'positively'
Tehran (KNA) - Saudi Arabia says it views the truce announced by Yemen’s Houthis positively, claiming the proposal is something the kingdom has always been seeking.
The truce announced in Yemen is perceived positively by the Kingdom, as this is what it has always sought, and hopes it will be implemented effectively," Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman wrote on Twitter.
Last month, the Houthi movement offered to halt its retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia if the kingdom ends its bombing campaign against Yemen.
The offer and the kingdom's belated welcome follow a recent major ground operation by Yemenis and a brazen drone attack on Saudi Arabia's heart of oil industry.
US government-funded Voice of America (VOA) said on Friday Saudi Arabia is shell-shocked from the devastating attack on Aramco oil facilities last month.
In an analysis, the agency said the kingdom has realized that it is facing defeat in Yemen and is consequently seeking to terminate the war.
After four years of facing Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the "once rag-tag" Houthis and their Yemeni allies have managed to hold off "the military might of Yemen's rich Persian Gulf neighbors," VOA said.
Source: PressTV