国际英语新闻：Yemeni rebels say ready to accept government conditions

SANAA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Leader of Yemeni rebels said Saturday they are ready to accept the government conditions after it stops fighting against them.

In an audio record of Abdel Malik al-Houthi posted on the Internet, he reiterated acceptance of the conditions termed by the government after "the aggression ends."

"We, out of our keenness to stop bloodshed, to evade the catastrophic situation in the country, and to stop the genocide which civilians are exposed to, we reiterates acceptance of the five conditions set by the government after the aggression stops," al-Houthi said.

"We hope all sides show understanding of the initiative and prefer the interests of the country over any other considerations, " he added.

The Yemeni government insisted that the army offensive against the rebels' hideouts should never stop until the rebels commit to five conditions.

The five conditions include full withdrawal of rebel forces from all districts they occupied and removal of all road blocks, coming down from their hideouts at the mountains, return of all military and public equipment seized during battles, release of detained military personnel and kidnapped civilians, and abiding by the Yemeni constitution and law.

Meanwhile, al-Houthi, in the audio record, accused some foreign sides who he did not name of having "greed and evil intentions" in Yemen.

"Since the start of aggression against us, we have recognized that there are international and regional conspiracies that want to get the regime engaged in such a fight to turn our country into a field of contradiction and strife, and a fertile soil for fall, collapse and at last occupation."