Yemeni foreign minister: Goal is to end Houthi coup in Yemen

Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Afrah Al-Zouba announced that the Yemeni government has shifted its strategy toward restoring state control. Speaking from Riyadh, the minister stated that the government has exhausted all opportunities for de-escalation with the Houthi movement and is now focused on ending the coup.

The government maintains that any future political resolution must result in the full restoration of state institutions and the consolidation of authority under the state. Officials emphasized that this objective is central to preventing Yemen from functioning as a proxy for external regional interests.