\nDUBAI: The UAE has accused the Houthis of disregarding a Yemen ceasefire agreement after the UN slammed the militants for blocking access to vast food supplies.<\/p>\n
\nThe Red Sea Mills in Hodeidah contains enough grain to feed 3.7 million people for a month, but aid officials have been unable to access the stores since September, despite Yemen\u2019s desperate food shortages.<\/p>\n
\nHouthi militants have\u00a0 blocked the UN from reaching the food and last month destroyed some of the stores with shelling.<\/p>\n
\nMark Lowcock, under-secretary of the UN\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), on Thursday implored the Iran\u2014backed Houthis to allow access to the stores.<\/p>\n
\nAnwar Garagsh, the UAE\u2019s minister of state for foreign affairs, said on Friday that the UN\u2019s plea for access to the stores showed that \u201cthe Houthi\u2019s are the real impediment to peace in Yemen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\nUN OCHA statement on denial of access to Red Sea Mills by Houthi\u2019s important. Apparent, following Stockholm Agreement, that the Houthi\u2019s are the real impediment to peace in Yemen. This will be clearer with their every move to derail the political process.<\/p>\n