Yemen's pro-rebel, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected peace talks with the current Yemeni government, saying further dialogue should take place with Riyadh, AFP reported.
Since March Saudi Arabia has led a military campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels and loyalists to ex-president Saleh.
Saleh ruled Yemen for three decades and maintained strong ties with the Saudi government, before resigning in 2012 following a popular uprising.
In a statement addressing his General People's Congress (GPC) party, Saleh said, "we will not take part in [future] dialogue... unless the war ends." He has offered to "cooperate" with the Houthis in order to hold talks with Saudi Arabia.
Members of the GPC attended UN-sponsored peace talks earlier this month in Switzerland. Talks fell apart last week as fresh violence broke out across the country.
The conflict in Yemen has killed about 6,000 people since March, nearly half of them civilians, according to the UN.
