Yemen Rejects Saudi Request for Talks in Oman

Saudi Arabia has announced that Yemen has not accepted Riyadh's request for a meeting and negotiations in Oman. The request was made in recent weeks amid escalating tensions between the two sides.

Saudi Arabia has announced that Yemen has not accepted Riyadh's request to hold a meeting and negotiations in Oman. This request was raised in recent weeks and simultaneously with the escalation of tensions between the two sides.

A Saudi Foreign Ministry official announced that Yemen rejected Riyadh's request to hold a meeting and dialogue in Oman; An issue that indicates the continuation of the diplomatic deadlock between the two sides.

According to Arjan's ambassador, Raed Karimli, Saudi Arabia's deputy foreign minister for public diplomacy, said on Thursday, October 15, that Riyadh had asked the Yemeni government to meet in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for negotiations in recent weeks, but this request was not accepted.

Karimli said in a virtual meeting with reporters: "At the beginning of this escalation of tensions, we asked them to meet us in Muscat, Oman, but they did not accept." He added that this call was the last communication between the two parties and was made a few weeks ago.

In the past years, Saudi Arabia has been one of the main players in the developments in Yemen, and the security developments in this country continue to affect Riyadh's relations with the Yemeni parties.

In the past years, Oman has been one of the important paths of mediation and communication between the conflicting parties in Yemen. Muscat has repeatedly hosted diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions and provide a basis for dialogue about the Yemeni crisis.

However, the recent rejection of Saudi Arabia's request shows that the diplomatic efforts of the two sides have not yet come to fruition. Ambassador Arjan has not published more details about the reasons for rejecting this request or the possible time of holding the next round of negotiations.

The continuation of disputes between Saudi Arabia and Yemen can make the process of efforts to reduce tensions more difficult. In such a situation, Oman's mediation and the possibility of resuming diplomatic contacts can be important in future developments.