The dialogue liaison committee revealed plans to meet with the parties which did not sign a West-backed power-transfer deal after the 2011 events, the Southern Movement, Harak, and the Yemeni opposition abroad to encourage them to participate in a comprehensive national dialogue. The dialogue is expected to take place in the next few months.
So far, the committee has met with the Shiite Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is "God is Great, Death to America™", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ...
Group and women's groups and there are also plans to meet with the youth-led protests inside the change and freedom squares.
It held a meeting on Tuesday, which was attended by the Russian ambassador and deputy ambassador t o the EU to Sanaa as well as UN political experts.
"We are communicating the Southern Movement in Aden and a meeting is expected very soon," a spokesperson at the committee said.
The meeting with the parties, which were not part of the transition deal, takes place on June 12 to discuss their representation and participation in the dialogue, the spokesperson said.
On June 20, a meeting will be held with the Yemeni opposition abroad in the Egyptian capital Cairo , the source said, pointing out that the committee and the ministerial liaison committee in charge with contacting with the youth-led protesters have agreed to start arrangements to meet with the protesters. "Meetings with the protesters including different political groups across the republic takes place on June 18".
The preparations for the dialogue have got underway amid big challenges including alarming security disorders and an intensified offensive against Al-Qaeda jihad boys, an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and persistent social unrest.
Earlier, observers said there should be suitable measures and efforts to make any dialogue a success in Yemen, after the 2011 uprising which ousted the former regime.