The General People's Congress GPC, the former ruling party in Yemen, denied on Monday that it has agreed to take part in talks between Yemeni factions in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Spokesperson for the party, Abdu Al-Janadi, said the statement of the first deputy Secretary General, Ahmed Ubaid Bin Daghr, did not represent the official position of the party.
"The statement represented Bin Daghr's own attitude as our party sees that Yemen talks should be held after Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen stop," Al-Janadi said. "Any talks between Yemeni factions should take place in a neutral country," he added.
Bin Daghr and several aides to the former president Saleh arrived in Riyadh lately and voiced their party's adherence to the UN Security Council's resolutions on Yemen especially resolution 2216.
They affirmed support to the legitimacy of president Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and urged the Houthi militants to give up weapons and withdraw from cities they had seized after ousting Hadi and government.
Hadi called for talks under sponsorship by the GCC countries in order to find a solution to the current crisis in Yemen.
Hadi has been staying in Saudi Arabia for several weeks. He and his government were ousted by the Houthi militants with support from forces loyal to the former president in January.
On March 26, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Morocco launched a military operation against the Houthi militants.
The operation aimed to defend and restore the legitimacy of the Yemeni government, strike heavy weapons that posed a threat to regional security and protect Yemeni people.