Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Ahmed al-Maysari said the government was "too close to liberating the city of Hodeiadah but it preferred to enter the Stockholm negotiations" on December 13.

Minister of Culture Marwan Dammag along with Yemen's Ambassador to Washington Ahmed Awadh bin Mubark met here on Sunday with a team of U.S. National Security officials charged investigating into illicit trafficking of antiquities and cultural properties.

The Houthis have planted landmines and improvised explosive devices in the UN food stores in the province of Hodeidah, a crime no other terrorist group have committed.

The Houthis fighting the Yemeni government since September 2014 have stepped up their enforced recruitment of tribal fighters in their areas of control in north Yemen over the past few days.

Foreign Minister Khaled Alyemany called on Iran to stop supporting the Houthi coupist militia in Yemen with money and arms and destabilizing the security of the region.

Yemen's Foreign Minister, the head of the governmental delegation to peace talks with Houthis, said the Unite Nations "should speak up and promptly name the party obstructing the (the implementation of) the Agreement" signed in Sweden on December 13.

Yemen's Foreign Minister Khaled Alyemani has sent a letter to his Japanese counterpart Tarō kōno on the expected Japanese contribution to the reconsutrction process in Yemen.

Minister of Cultural Marwan Dammaj held session on Thursday in Washington with Assistant of U.S. Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Mary Royce.

The Council of Arab Health Ministers called on its member states to support Yemen in all medical fields in coordination with the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population.

Yemen's permanent representative the UN's Office in Vienna Haitham Shuga'a Addin met on Thursday with Secretary General of International Commission for Monitoring Drugs Andres Vengourt.

Republic of Yemen contributed on Thursday to Regional Conference of Middle East and North Africa on Role of Parliamentarians Role in Countering Terrorism.

Yemen has appreciated the role of the Arab Coalition in combating terrorism one symbol of which, in Yemen, is the Houthi militia.

Minister of Education Dr Abdullah Lamlas held session on Thursday in temporary capital Aden with Director of Scholl Feeding in Middle East, North African and Eastern Europe Maria Testiavica.

The Ministry of State for Implementing the Outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) organized a session to raise awareness about those outcomes in Nate'a district in Beidha province.

Yemen's Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Adel Bahomeid met Thursday with Under-Secretary of Malaysian Foreign Ministry for Western Asia Fairuoz Rozali.

The Ministry of Human Rights has condemned the Houthi militia's bombing of the houses of peaceful oppositionists in north Yemen's Hajja province on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Khaled Alyemany held discussions on Wednesday with Deputy of the UN's Envoy Ma'een Shareim about the latest developments relating to peace and underway efforts put Stockholm's Agreement in place.

Yemen's ambassador to Germany Yahya Ashoaybi said the international community should pressure the Houthi militia to honor the Stockholm Agreement they signed with the government on December 13.

Minister of Endowments and Guidance Dr Ahmed Atiah has stated that the ongoing battle for restoring the state must be everybody's business, all partisan and provincial differences must be put aside, all must join efforts and align behind the political leadership headed by the President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Yemen's non-resident ambassador to Nicaragua Mohammed Saleh Nasher and the Nicaraguan Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Valdrack L. Jaentschke discussed a number of issues of common interest between the two countries.