Representatives of the Iran-backed Houthi militias at the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) in Hodeidah rejected a UN plan to redeploy in the city, Yemeni government sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Representatives from the legitimate government, on the other hand, have accepted the proposal, made by UN appointed chair of the RCC, retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert, said the sources. Representatives from the government and Houthis had met for the second day on Monday with Cammaert’s UN team onboard a UN-chartered ship anchored in the Red Sea off Hodeidah’s port. The UN official had warned of the fragility of the ceasefire in Hodeidah. The sources said Cammaert, who is set to be replaced by former Danish general Michael Lollesgaard, suggested to both warring parties a detailed plan of redeployment and the withdrawal of the Houthis from Hodeidahs key ports. The sources said that representatives from the Yemeni legitimate government agreed to the plan with some minor conditions. However, the Houthis rejected it and asked that the other party adopt their vision of the redeployment, which stipulates withdrawing from the ports and handing them to officials of their choosing. A first joint meeting of the RCC, held in December, brought together representatives of Yemen’s legitimate government and Houthis and agreed liaison and coordination teams to supervise and monitor the ceasefire and compliance of the parties to the Stockholm agreement. Earlier in January, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution to establish a UN political mission, initially, for a period of six months to support the Hodeidah deal. In this regard, Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that the Sweden deal has failed after the militias repeatedly displayed an unwillingness to respect their commitments. They have instead reneged on their commitments, refused to accept peace and implement international resolutions, he stressed during a meeting with director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at UK Foreign Office Neil Crompton. He added: “The government accepted the Sweden agreement to avoid the bloodshed of the Yemeni people, despite our knowledge that the Houthis have a history of breaching accords and deals.” “This is what we are witnessing after a month of signing the Sweden agreement,” he remarked.