TREE NEWS update: Russia has not received any specific request to mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko said. Moscow remains in contact with Riyadh, he said, and has conveyed to the Houthis that attacks on civilian infrastructure are unacceptable.
Russia Says It Has Received No Request to Mediate Between Saudi Arabia and Houthis
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Moscow's denial of a mediation request is itself a signal: it keeps Russia diplomatically present in Gulf security without formally owning a conflict file it cannot deliver on. The public line to the Houthis on civilian infrastructure matters less as pressure than as positioning — Moscow wants Riyadh to see it as a useful channel while avoiding any obligation to the Houthis. The open question is whether that channel deepens into a formal role, or stays a talking point.
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