(VOVworld) -  Yemeni government spokesman Rageh Badi said Saturday that President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi will not attend the upcoming UN-backed peace talks on Yemen in Geneva.

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (Photo: AFP)

Badi said Hadi will not attend due to the security situation and because Shiite Houthi rebels have not satisfied a government pre-condition to pull out of towns and cities they occupy - including the capital, Sanaa.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Hadi outlined a series of guarantees he demanded be met before attending the talks and demanded the full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216.

The April resolution called on Houthi militias to relinquish territory they seized and surrender weapons they took from the army and other state institutions.