‏UAE welcomes UN designation of Houthis as 'terrorist group'

The UAE has welcomed the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution renewing the sanctions regime on Yemen and labelling Houthis as a "terrorist group" for the first time.

The resolution also designated the Houthis as an entity on the Yemen Sanctions List under the arms embargo and condemned the Houthi's cross-border attacks on civilians in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and demanded the group’s immediate cessation of hostilities.

"The purpose of this resolution is to limit the capacity of the Houthis and to limit the escalation of war in Yemen. It also calls for an end to attacks on international navigational waters and vessels and to put an end to the suffering of civilians in Yemen and in the region in the face of these terrorist attacks," said Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN.

She also reiterated the UAE’s demands for the Houthi militias "to cease their terrorist acts and coastal attacks and to return to the negotiating table to begin a serious political process".