The U.S. Department of State announced that U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken welcomed Saudi Arabia’s commitment to seeking to extend the truce in Yemen, and said that “Blinken has briefed the Saudi Foreign Minister of his concern about the recent activities of the Houthis (the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement). ) and showing no desire to extend his “truce”.

Earlier, the armed forces of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement said: “We are warning shipping companies heading to countries of aggression and companies operating in Yemeni territory to follow our warnings and instructions,” stating: “We will alert you as soon as the time of a truce, in case of failure to comply with the legitimate demands of our people.

“We are preparing for any events and hold these companies responsible for ignoring what will be published by us in the coming hours,” she said.

In this context, the official representative of Ansar Allah, Muhammad Abd al-Salam, commenting on the UN initiative to extend the truce, said: “We hold the countries of aggression (the Arab coalition) responsible for the fact that the agreements have reached an impasse, because as a result of their intransigence and refusal to take measures to alleviate the situation”. the suffering of our people.

While the Yemeni government announced: “Today we received an updated proposal from the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to extend and expand the truce starting tomorrow, October 2, and we will respond positively to it.”