Southern media outlets report on STC’s desire to negotiate with Sanaa

On Sep 23, 2023 5:32 PM

Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, President of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)

ADEN, Sept. 23 (YPA) – Southern media circulated news on Saturday about the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) desire to negotiate with Sanaa following the recent display of its military arsenal.

Media outlets quoted Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, President of the STC, as saying that his council wanted to negotiate with what he described as the “Houthis” regarding the south.

Al-Zubaidi sharply criticized Saudi Arabia in a previous statement, accusing it of marginalizing all Yemeni forces loyal to it and holding negotiations with Sanaa.

This statement is the first by an official of a faction that is considered a de facto authority in southern Yemen and has great influence since the start of the Saudi-led war on Yemen in March of 2015.

YPA