According to a report on the US Axios News website on the 16th, US diplomats met with representatives of the Houthis in Yemen at the US Embassy in Oman last weekend to discuss the tense situation in the Red Sea. The report quoted a regional source as saying that the meeting was held with the assistance of the Omani government and focused on maintaining the cease-fire agreement reached between the US and the Houthis in May last year and ensuring that the Mander Strait remains unobstructed. The US side sent diplomats from the embassy to attend this meeting, but the ambassador himself did not attend. The source said that during the meeting, the Houthi representatives made it clear that they wanted to maintain the cease-fire agreement with the US, and emphasized that their attacks only targeted Saudi vessels and that all other ships could freely pass through the Mander Strait.

According to a report on the US Axios News website on the 16th, US diplomats met with representatives of the Houthis in Yemen at the US Embassy in Oman last weekend to discuss the tense situation in the Red Sea. The report quoted a regional source as saying that the meeting was held with the assistance of the Omani government and focused on maintaining the cease-fire agreement reached between the US and the Houthis in May last year and ensuring that the Mander Strait remains unobstructed. The US side sent diplomats from the embassy to attend this meeting, but the ambassador himself did not attend. The source said that during the meeting, the Houthi representatives made it clear that they wanted to maintain the cease-fire agreement with the US, and emphasized that their attacks only targeted Saudi vessels and that all other ships could freely pass through the Mander Strait.