"We welcome Qatar's initiative in promoting sustainable peace and... we have informed Qatar's emir of our welcome," Mohammed Abdul Salam, spokesman for the Zaidi Shia.
During a visit to Sanaa last week, Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told reporters his country was ready to help safeguard unity in Yemen, which is racked by tensions in the north and in the south.
"We would be happy to take part in finding a solution that helps the survival of the Yemen unity," the Qatar emir said on July 13 after talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.
"We are always with the Yemenis in their problems, unless they refuse that. Until now, they have not refused," he said without elaborating.
In recent years Qatar has been involved in mediating crises in several Arab countries, including Lebanon and Sudan.
"When Qatar intervenes there will be positive results," Abdul Salam said, adding that the wealthy Gulf emirate could "help stabilise the situation and aid in post-war reconstruction" in northern towns.
Qatar has been involved in the past in talks between the Sanaa government and the Shia, also known as Huthis, in the north who have been locked in an on-off conflict since 2004.
A fierce battle between government forces and the Huthis erupted last August, with the Shia complaining of political, social and religious marginalisation.
Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict which first broke out in 2004, with the last battle ending in a February truce.
Yemen is also gripped by tension in the south where the Southern Movement -- a coalition of groups with a range of demands from economic and social improvements to full independence for the regions of former South Yemen -- are often locked in clashes with Sanaa's government.
source : http://abna.ir/
