Reuters, Sanaa :
Yemen’s dominant Houthi militia group on Monday released Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and all his cabinet ministers after nearly two months under house arrest, government spokesman Rajeh Badi said.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Bahah – who resigned in January after the Houthis captured the presidential palace – said the move was a goodwill gesture to ease talks on Yemen’s political transition. But he said he had no intention of resuming his post.
“This comes as an expression of sincere good intentions…(the government) confirms it does not desire to return to its duties in light of the exceptional circumstances,” he wrote.
The Houthis invaded the capital Sanaa and fanned out across much of central Yemen in September in what they hailed as a revolution against misrule and corruption.
Yemen’s dominant Houthi militia group on Monday released Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and all his cabinet ministers after nearly two months under house arrest, government spokesman Rajeh Badi said.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Bahah – who resigned in January after the Houthis captured the presidential palace – said the move was a goodwill gesture to ease talks on Yemen’s political transition. But he said he had no intention of resuming his post.
“This comes as an expression of sincere good intentions…(the government) confirms it does not desire to return to its duties in light of the exceptional circumstances,” he wrote.
The Houthis invaded the capital Sanaa and fanned out across much of central Yemen in September in what they hailed as a revolution against misrule and corruption.
