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RIYADH, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry revealed on Thursday in Jeddah a new U.S.-Saudi initiative to revive the standstill Yemeni talks, local news channel Al Arabiya reported.
The initiative aims to convince the Yemeni militias to hand over their weapons and form a national unity government, according to Kerry.
He said the initiative will be implemented following a negotiation between UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and all Yemeni political parties.
Kerry urged the Yemeni minority Houthis to accept the new initiative, saying both political and military solutions to the Yemeni crisis are possible options by Gulf countries.
The U.S. official said more efforts could be made to battle the Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Qaida only if the conflicts in Yemen are ended.
Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his country rejected any civil putsches in Yemen and the crisis should be solved peacefully.
